{"id":2678,"date":"2026-09-24T19:31:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T19:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.caucasusheritage.arts.cornell.edu\/?post_type=heritage_site&p=2678"},"modified":"2026-09-24T19:39:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T19:39:03","slug":"tandzatap-church","status":"publish","type":"heritage_site","link":"https:\/\/caucasusheritage.cornell.edu\/?heritage_site=tandzatap-church","title":{"rendered":"Tandzatap Church"},"content":{"rendered":"

LN.206-0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n

Tandzatap Church<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
Damaged<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n
Church<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
\"Tandzatap<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
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Before Image Date: October 5, 2023<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Impact Image Date: April 30, 2024<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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There is little information about the construction history of the Tandzatap church but Monument Watch assigns it to the second half of the 19th century based on stylistic features and historical analysis.<\/p>\n

Satellite imagery shows that between October 5, 2023, and April 30, 2024, the church sustained major damage. Most of the roof collapsed, as did the southern wall which featured an embedded stone engraved with a cross. <\/p>\n

Photographs taken in the mid-1990s indicate that the entryway in the southern wall was already damaged by that time (below left). Also, the stone facing around the windows was no longer present. The church remained in damaged but stable condition for decades until the collapse documented by CHW. The engraved cross (below, right), is to the left of the large hole where the door once stood.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Metadata<\/h4>\n\n\n

Coordinates: 39.180502, 46.585097<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n

Impact year: 2024<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n

Mission 11<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n
CHW Monitoring <\/span>Report 08<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n
Site date: 19th c.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n
More Information \u2192<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
\"Tandzatap<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Photo courtesy of Research on Armenian Architecture<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

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