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Tatev monastery

9th-century Armenian Apostolic monastery in Syunik Province in southeastern Armenia
Place Monastery Q554947

Facts

15 properties

Designation

Instance of
monastery, cultural property[6]
Heritage designation
cultural heritage monument in Armenia[28]

Location

Country
Armenia[5]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 39.379°, 46.250°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Tatev, Syunik (historic province)[3][4]

Period and style

Inception
January 17, 801[22]
Architectural style
Armenian architecture[7]
Significant event
start of construction[24]
More facts +7
Religion or worldview
Armenian Apostolic Church[2]
Described by source
Belarusian encyclopedia (vol. 15), Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)[26][27]
Diocese
Diocese of Syunik[23]
Directions
գյուղից մոտ 200 մ հվ, Որոտանի վտակի աջ ափին[30]
Has part(s)
Wikidata item, Wikidata item, Wikidata item, Wikidata item, Wikidata item, Tomb of Grigor Tatevatsi, Wikidata item, کلیسای مریم مقدس (تاتئوی وانک), Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church, Wikidata item, Saints Paul and Peter Church, Category:Tatev (bell tower), Wikidata item, Wikidata item, Wikidata item, Wikidata item, Wikidata item, Wikidata item, Wikidata item, Wikidata item, Wikidata item, Wikidata item, Wikidata item, Wikidata item, Wikidata item, Wikidata item, Wikidata item, Wikidata item, Wikidata item, Gavazan in Tatev, Tatev, Wikidata item, Wikidata item, Wikidata item, Wikidata item, Wikidata item[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]
Native label
Տաթևի վանք[29]
Population
+864[25]
🏷️ Also known as
en Tatev en Tatev monastery ar دير تاتيف cs Klášter Tatev de Tatev de Tatew de Tatew-Kloster de Kloster Tatew de Kloster Tatev el Μοναστήρι του Τατέβ fa صومعه تاتو fr monastère de Tatev fr Monastère de Tatev fr Monastère de Tatév fr Tatév hu Tatev-kolostor it Tatev it monastero di Tatev ja タテヴ ja タテヴ修道院
🔖 Identifiers · 15
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Tatev Monastery from a distance.jpg ↗
Armeniapedia ID
1091, 8069
Atlas Obscura place ID
gavazan-column-at-tatev-monastery
Cultural Heritage Armenia ID
9.97/9
Freebase ID
/m/0g5tp_
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/121_523h
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
4183625
Grove Art Online ID
T083443
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library ID
organization/445638962139
Kulturenvanteri monument ID
320175
Pleiades ID
874798111
Quora topic ID
Tatev
Show all 15 identifiers +3
Topic's main category
Category:Tatev monastery
Wikimapia ID
137987
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Building", "TatevMonastery::bhv8n"]

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
monastery, cultural property
Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
Tatev, Syunik (historic province)
Architectural style 1
Armenian architecture
Country 1
Armenia
Diocese 1
Diocese of Syunik
Has these parts 1
Wings of Tatev
Named after 1
Wings of Tatev
Notable alumni 1
Gregory of Tatev
Owned entities 1
Wings of Tatev
People who died here 1
Gregory of Tatev
Religion or worldview 1
Armenian Apostolic Church
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Summary

Tatev monastery is a monastery[1].

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Tatev monastery include Wings of Tatev[31], an aerial tramway[32], in Armenia[33].

Why It Matters

Entities named for it include Wings of Tatev[31], an aerial tramway[32], in Armenia[33].

Related Entities

Armenia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [25] ↑ . 2011 Results of Census for Armenia. wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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