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Saint Stepanos Monastery

monastery in Jolfa County, Iranian national heritage site and World heritage site
Place Monastery Q957628

Facts

13 properties

Designation

Instance of
monastery, cultural property[3]
Heritage designation
Iranian National Heritage, part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[10][11]

Location

Country
Iran[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 38.979°, 45.473°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Jolfa County[1]

Period and style

Architectural style
Armenian architecture, Safavid architecture, Qajar architecture[5][6][7]
Made from material
stone[8]
More facts +6
Part of
Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran[9]
Area
+84.06, +629.58[18][19]
Date of official opening
649, 991, 1655, 1691, 1825[12][13][14][15][16]
Directions
شهرستان جلفا، ۱۶ کیلومتری جنوب شهر جلفا، کنار رود خانه ارس (دره شاه)[20]
Named after
Saint Stephen[4]
Native label
Սուրբ Ստեփանոս վանք[17]
🏷️ Also known as
en Xaraba Church en Saint Stepanos Monastery ar دير القديس إستبانوس ar كنيسة مدمرة de Ruinierte Kirche de Kloster Sankt Stephanos el Εκκλησία Χαράμπα el Μοναστήρι Αγίου Στεφάνου es Iglesia de Xaraba es Catedral de San Stepanous fa کلیسای استپانوس مقدس fa کلیسای استفانوس مقدس fa کلیسای خرابا fi Stefanoksen luostari fi Xaraba-kirkko fr Église Xaraba fr monastère Saint-Stepanos de Jolfa he כנסיית חראבה he מנזר סטפנוס הקדוש id Gereja Xaraba
🔖 Identifiers · 14
VIAF cluster ID
241880843
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n2014053169
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Aras - Jolfa - St. Stepanos Monastery - panoramio.jpg ↗
Armeniapedia ID
12638
BabelNet ID
02090204n
Freebase ID
/m/07_j7n
IdRef ID
179407236
Iranian National Heritage registration number
429
Kulturenvanteri monument ID
320325
OpenStreetMap way ID
376628062
Pleiades ID
207143419
Topic's main category
Category:Saint Stepanos Monastery
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Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Building", "SaintStepanosMonastery::4k58n"]
World Heritage Site ID
1262-004, 1262-005, 1262-006

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🔗 Connections
Architectural style 2
Armenian architecture, Safavid architecture
Instance of 2
monastery, cultural property
Belongs to 1
Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran
Country 1
Iran
Heritage designation 1
Iranian National Heritage
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Jolfa County
Made from material 1
stone
Named after 1
Saint Stephen
Part of 1
Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran
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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [1] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . books.google.com. books.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . books.google.com. books.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . books.google.com. books.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 27w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Area → 84.06 hectare, 629.58 hectare
    Wolfram Language entity code → Entity["Building", "SaintStepanosMonastery::4k58n"]
    Part of → Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Jolfa County
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Building", "SaintStepanosMonastery::4k58n"], batch #257096"
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