Armenian Architecture

Armenian architecture is an architectural style developed over the last 4,500 years of human habitation in the Armenian Highland (the eastern part of Asia Minor) and used principally by the Armenian people. Medieval Armenian architecture, and Armenian churches in particular, has several distinctive features, believed by some to be the first national style of church building Common characteristics include: Within the bounds of the aforementioned common characteristics, individual churches display considerable variation which may reflect time, place, and the creativity of its designer. Toros Toramanian distinguished the following classical styles while studying these variations in the early 20th century: Armenian architecture, as it...