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Getatagh,
with S.
Astvatsatsin Church of 1702.
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Lor
has at the entrance to town the so-called Spitak Khach (white cross)
khachkar monument of 1271. The
basilica church of S. Gevorg in the village (non-functioning,
locked) dates to 1666, built according to legend by Khoja Poghos in
gratitude for the safe
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return of his beautiful wife from the clutches of
Shah Abbas. On the slope above town is a chapel called Sargsi Khacher with an
inscription of 1345 saying this S. Astvatsatsin church was built by
Sargis and Amir Hasan for the salvation of their souls. Tsaru S. Hovhannes church of 1686 is half a km
SW. From
Lor, which
they said had been depopulated under Nadir Shah and had only 12 houses,
they rode on to Sisian, Shaghat (where they found the locals to be
working or travelling
on the Sabbath), and over the mountains to Nakhichevan. |