Dadivank

Dadivank
Դադիվանք
The monastery of Dadivank
Religion
AffiliationArmenian Apostolic Church
Location
LocationVəng, Azerbaijan
Dadivank is located in Azerbaijan
Dadivank
Shown within Azerbaijan
Geographic coordinates40°09′42″N 46°17′18″E / 40.1616°N 46.2882°E / 40.1616; 46.2882
Architecture
TypeMonastery, Church
StyleArmenian
Completed9th–13th centuries

Dadivank (Armenian: Դադիվանք) or Khutavank (Armenian: Խութավանք, lit.'monastery on the hill'[1]) is an Armenian Apostolic[2][3] monastery in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan. It was built between the 9th and 13th centuries and is one of the main monastic complexes of medieval Armenia.[4]

In Azerbaijan, the monastery is called Dadivəng or Xudavəng.[1] Azerbaijan denies the monastery's Armenian religious and cultural heritage, instead falsely referring to it as a "Caucasian Albanian temple."[5][6]

  1. ^ a b Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette, Petit fûté Arménie. Paris: Nouvelles éditions de l'Université, 2005, p. 203.
  2. ^ Comneno, M. Lala, Paulo Cuneo, and S. Manukian. Gharabagh, Documenti di architettura armena series, no. 19. Milan: Edzioni Ares, 1988.
  3. ^ J. M. Thierry and Murad Hasratian, "Dadivank en Arc'ax," Revue des Études Arméniennes 16 (1982): 259-88.
  4. ^ Walker, Christopher (1991). Armenia and Karabagh: The Struggle for Unity. London: Minority Rights Group. p. 78.
  5. ^ "Alban-udi dini icmasının nümayəndələri Xudavəng monastırında Milad bayramını qeyd ediblər". azertag.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Xudavəng alban məbəd kompleksi". www.virtualkarabakh.az. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

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