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Dick Osseman | all galleries >> Kars and Ani and some Hopa >> Kümbet Camii > Kars building
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20-Aug-2018

Kars building

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One of some old slides (1998) I scanned and edited anew in 2018. The Kümbed Camii, a mosque. Or rather, its name translates as "domed mosque", but it was built as a church under Abbas I in 930-937


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Guest 26-Aug-2006 04:17
This is Armenian Church, no doubts. The only thing is that turks removed the Christ from the roof and put something that does not belong there . Kümbed in Amenian means dome. All Armenian churches have the same domes.
Guest 16-Jan-2006 05:56
Dick you are so funny, I love you. ;) I dont mean funny for saying funny things, but just the way you get mad about people living some comments and then letting them do so.
Dick Osseman23-May-2005 04:53
I leave the comment, since it's correct. On the other hand I would appreciate it if people would NOT use this site too often to bring their opinions on Turkish history and policy to the attention of the world. I think other fora are more appropriate, and it clutters the site.

Dick Osseman
Guest 22-May-2005 22:48
This is the Armenian Church of Kars which was converted to a mosque in 1998. The cultural genocide of the Armenian Heritage in Turkey has converted, destroyed and desecrated more than 2000 Armenian cultural monuments from 1915 - today.