点评:An old cathedral built in the mid 7th century in the place where allegedly saint Gregory the Illuminator met king Tredat III.
The cathedral was destroyed around 4 centuries later probably in an earthquake but its ruins were discovered in the beginning of the 20th century, and many of the debris are still awaiting to be assembled but unlikely to reconstruct the temple, since it would probably be in a continuous threat of falling again in destruction.
Although still debated, it is thought to be a 3 floors building, cercular shape in the outside while the inside was in the shape of a greek cross (a structure with 4 apses in the 4 directions), while the debris show there were a lot of mosaic depictions.
Right close to the temple a museum showing many of the remains of the temple and many old pictures from the early 20th century of the ruins when first discovered, as well as a wooden maquette of the probable original design of the temple
翻译:这座古老的教堂建于7世纪中叶,据说圣格里高利·卢萨沃里奇曾在此与特雷达特三世国王会面。
大约四个世纪后,教堂可能毁于地震,但其遗址在20世纪初被发现。许多残骸至今仍待组装,但重建的可能性不大,因为教堂很可能再次面临倒塌的危险。
尽管仍有争议,但人们普遍认为它是一座三层建筑,外部呈圆形,内部呈希腊十字形(即四个方向各有一个半圆形后殿的结构)。残骸显示,教堂内部曾有大量的马赛克镶嵌画。
教堂附近有一座博物馆,展出了许多教堂遗迹,以及20世纪初教堂遗址初次被发现时的老照片,还有一个根据教堂最初设计制作的木制模型。