Noratus cemetery

Noratus cemetery
Khachkars at Noratus Cemetery
Map
Details
Established10th century
Location
Noratus, Gegharkunik Province, Armenia
Coordinates40°22′26″N 45°10′52″E / 40.373931°N 45.181233°E / 40.373931; 45.181233

Noratus cemetery (Armenian: Նորատուսի գերեզմանատուն), also spelled Noraduz, is a medieval cemetery with many early khachkars (carved memorial stones) located in the village of Noratus in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, near Gavar and Lake Sevan, 90 km north of Yerevan.[1]

The cemetery has the largest cluster of khachkars in Armenia.[2] It is currently the largest surviving cemetery with khachkars following the destruction of the khachkars in Old Julfa, Nakhichevan by the government of Azerbaijan.[3][4][5][6]

  1. ^ Hakobyan, Julia (12 September 2003). "Life in the Monuments of Death: A visit to the cemetery village, Noraduz". ArmeniaNow. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014.
  2. ^ Kouymjian, Dickran. "Arts of Armenia". Sculpture. Armenian Studies Program, California State University, Fresno. Archived from the original on 2007-11-23. Retrieved 2007-10-10.
  3. ^ "World Watches In Silence As Azerbaijan Wipes Out Armenian Culture". The Art Newspaper. 2006-05-25. Retrieved 2007-10-10.
  4. ^ "Tragedy on the Araxes". Archaeology. 2006-06-30. Retrieved 2006-06-30.
  5. ^ "Azerbaijan: Famous Medieval Cemetery Vanishes". Institute for War and Peace Reporting. 2006-04-19. Retrieved 2007-10-10.
  6. ^ European Parliament On Destruction of Cultural Heritage