Əbrəqunus

Əbrəqunus
Municipality
Əbrəqunus
Coordinates: 39°08′06″N 45°38′13″E / 39.13500°N 45.63694°E / 39.13500; 45.63694Coordinates: 39°08′06″N 45°38′13″E / 39.13500°N 45.63694°E / 39.13500; 45.63694
Country	Azerbaijan
Autonomous republic	Nakhchivan
Rayon	Julfa
Population
• Total	2,328
Time zone	AZT (UTC+4)
• Summer (DST)	AZT (UTC+5)

Əbrəqunus (English: Abragunus) is a village and municipality in the Julfa Rayon of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 2,328.

History and etymology

History of Abragunus belongs to ancient times.

A medieval Caucasian Albanian monastery called Surp Faddey was located in Abragunus. It stood intact but derelict until shortly before 2005, when it was demolished and entirely destroyed. The main church in the monastery was built in early mediaval ages over the ruins of an older church. Internally, it was a domed basilica with four piers. The lower parts of the church were built of cut stone, but the dome and its tall drum were of brick and from a later repair. The interior had some Persian-style frescoes from the 1740s. On the exterior walls were various relief carvings – crosses, eagles, etc. Beside the south wall was a small chapel dedicated to St. Stephanos; in 1705 a bell tower was added to the roof of this chapel.^[1] The monastery had a fortified enclosure wall made of mud brick. Beside the entrance to the church was a khachkar with an inscription dated 1074.

References

• Əbrəqunus (as Əbrəqunis) at GEOnet Names Server