Cathedral of Mren

Cathedral of Mren
Mren in the early 20th century
Shown within Turkey
Basic information
Location	Digor (District), Kars
Geographic coordinates	40°14′32″N 43°39′47″E / 40.242125°N 43.662953°E / 40.242125; 43.662953Coordinates: 40°14′32″N 43°39′47″E / 40.242125°N 43.662953°E / 40.242125; 43.662953
Affiliation	Armenian Apostolic Church
Architectural description
Architectural type	Three-nave basilica with dome
Architectural style	Armenian
Groundbreaking	631
Completed	639

The Cathedral of Mren is a 7th-century Armenian church now in the Kars region of Turkey near the border with Armenia, about 1.5 km west of the Akhurian River.

The church of Mren is a domed triple-nave basilica.

See also

• Odzun Church, an architecturally similar and contemporaneous three-nave basilica with dome in Odzun, Armenia

Bibliography

• Kouymjian, Dickran. "Index of Armenian Art: Armenian Architecture - Mren". Armenian Studies Program. California State University, Fresno. 

External links

• The Cathedral of Mren on VirtualAni.org
• The Cathedral of Mren on Gagik Arzumanyan's photo gallery
• Mren Cathedral at the Rensselaer Digital Collections
• 3D model of Mren

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