Basilica in Qum village
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| Location | Qakh Rayon, Azerbaijan |
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| Beginning date | 5th or 6th centuries |
A church in Qum village (Azerbaijani: Qum məbədi) – is a basilica of the 5th-6th centuries,[1] in Qum village of Qakh Rayon of Azerbaijan, on the coast of the Ardavachay River. It is one of the few historical architectural monuments of Caucasian Albania.
Architecture
The basilica is rectangular (36,5x19,3). It is located in a woody gorge. Internal area of the basilica is divided into three naves by two pairs of T-shaped columns. Central naves are more wider and taller. Diminished arches covered the naves of the basilica. Later, the basilica was built up with arched galleries (narthexes). Only foundations of columns are remained of them. Aisles in the eastern façade closed small altar and a diaconicon with semicircle apses. But the central one ended with great apses.
The church was built of thoroughly chosen dark blue and dark green pebbles. Columns of external galleries, arches and chamber aches were constructed of burnt plate bricks.
References
External links
- Л. С. БРЕТАНИЦКИЙ, Б. В. ВЕЙМАРН. ОЧЕРКИ ИСТОРИИ И ТЕОРИИ ИЗОБРАЗИТЕЛЬНЫХ ИСКУССТВ. Искусство Азербайджана
- Lonely Planet Georgia Armenia & Azerbaijan. John Noble, Michael Kohn, Danielle Systermans
- Qum Albanian (Azeri) church model in Qakh museum,5 cent.,Qakh,Azerbaijan
- Албания Кавказская в Большой советской энциклопедии