Talk:Yererouk

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The fourth-fifth century basilica of Yererouk, which is built on a rocky knoll pierced by caves, is one of the earliest Christian monuments in Armenia. Following an earthquake in the seventeenth century, the church survives as a substantial ruin surrounded by the archaeological remains of monastic and secular buildings.

The large, fourth-century basilica of Yererouk, roofless since the seventeenth century, is one of the earliest churches in Armenia and has affinities with monuments in Syria. The church was constructed in an arid landscape near the Akhurian (Arpa Chai) gorge, on a slight peak pierced by natural caves, perhaps venerated in pre-Christian times. The basilica was located in an enclosure, which also contains the ruins of later monastic buildings and the houses of a medieval village. A shallow valley to the east was dammed for irrigation, which would have made the area more hospitable than it is today. Higher up this valley is a semi-subterranean structure, possibly a cistern.

An earthquake in 1988 resulted in the tilting of some of the walls, but not their collapse. They have been stabilized with steel shoring installed with the assistance of the American National Parks Service and the World Monument Fund. American experts carried out a photogrammetric survey of the basilica after the earthquake. Engineering works will stabilize the walls, but additional conservation is needed for the excavated remains of the buildings which surrounded the church on the south and west. The setting of the monument also requires management. Its site is separated from the nearby gorge by a double frontier fence, a relic of the former Soviet Union. The removal or diversion of the fence below the lip of the gorge would allow the basilicAto be seen in relation to the landscape beyond, now part of Turkey. To the northwest of the church is a quarry, where the ban on blasting, imposed after the earthquake, has hitherto not been strictly observed. The workers live beside the quarry in the unattractive modern village of Ani Pemza, which should be screened from the monument by close-planted poplars. The villagers themselves could be involved in providing facilities for visitors to this isolated site.

Greetings. -- Sebastian scha. (talk) 10:54, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

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The name of this church is Երերույքի տաճար. That, in English should be Yereruyk. Is there some reason for the use of this spelling? This appears to be the French spelling. Can someone fix this? Thank you. Wikiboer (talk) 17:14, 23 January 2012 (UTC)