Monasterio Khor Virap, Armenia, 2016-10-01, DD 25.jpg
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What this Commons file record states
- File title
- Monasterio Khor Virap, Armenia, 2016-10-01, DD 25.jpg
- Artist
- Diego Delso
- Credit
- Own work
- Description
- View of Khor Virap , an Armenian monastery and one of the most visited pilgrimage sites in Armenia located in the Ararat plain with Mount Ararat in the background. Khor Virap's notability as a monastery and pilgrimage site is due to the fact that Gregory the Illuminator , religious leader who converted Armenia from paganism to Christianity in 301, becoming the first nation to adopt Christianity as its official religion, was initially imprisoned here for 14 years by King Tiridates III of Armenia . A chapel was initially built in 642 by Nerses III the Builder as a mark of veneration to Saint Gregory. Over the centuries, it was repeatedly rebuilt and the current appearance dates from 1662.
- Capture date
- Date as the record states it
- 2016-10-01 11:13:32
- Width
- 8,525 px
- Height
- 4,360 px
- Megapixels
- 37.2
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Licence URL
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
- Habitat
- mountains
- Collection
- Featured pictures of mountains
- Commons file page
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monasterio_Khor_Virap,_Armenia,_2016-10-01,_DD_25.jpg
- File URL
- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Monasterio_Khor_Virap%2C_Armenia%2C_2016-10-01%2C_DD_25.jpg
