List of

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Baku

* Church of the Holy Virgin (18th century) - destroyed

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: ''Black Garden – Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War.'' New York University Press, 2003. , p. 103. * St. Gregory the Illuminator's Church (1887) - closed, used as a library

Dashkasan

* Targmanchats Monastery (4-5th centuries) - ruin * Church of the Holy Virgin, Chiragidzor - destroyed

Ganja

* Church of St. Karapet (Middle Ages) - ruin * Church of St. John the Baptist (1633) - destroyed * Church of the All-Savior (17th century) - destroyed; in its place is a medical college * Church of Saint Sargis church (18th century) - destroyed * Church of the Holy Mother of God (18th century) - destroyed * Church of St. Thaddaeus (18th century - destroyed; in the place of the church is a cinema

Shaki

Church of Kish The Church of Kish ( az, Kiş kilsəsi; ka, გიშის ეკლესია), also known from different sources as Church of Saint Elishe ( az, Müqəddəs Yelisey kilsəsi, hy, Սուրբ Եղիշէ եկեղեցի; Latinised Saint Eliseus) ...

Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic

A complete list of known

in Nakhichevan built since the adoption of

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would include more than 280 churches. Recent reports have alleged that probably all of the Armenian churches in Nakhchivan that were still standing in the decade before the collapse of the Soviet Union were destroyed by Azerbaijan in the aftermath of the Nagorno-Karabakh war. A 2006 report about a visit made to Nakhchivan in 2005 stated that of the five churches visited all were found to have been completely destroyed, in particular the 14th-century St. Karapet monastery in Abrakunis, and the 17th-century St. Hakop-Hayrapet church in Shurut. Azerbaijan has repeatedly barred on-site investigation of the condition of Armenian monuments in the region by outside groups.http://shr.aaas.org/geotech/azerbaijan/azerbaijan.shtml ''High-Resolution Satellite Imagery and the Destruction of Cultural Artifacts in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan''. AAAS. 8 December 2010. Quote: "Given that Azerbaijan has barred on-site investigation by outside groups, AAAS acquired and analyzed high-resolution satellite imagery to assess whether damage to the artifacts occurred." Armenians divided the region into 5 gavars (regions):

Goghtn Goght'n ( hy, Գողթն; also mentioned in sources as Goght'an, Գողթան, and spelled Gołt'n by modern scholars) was a canton (''gavaṛ'') located in the province of Vaspurakan in historical Armenia. Its borders roughly corresponded to the m ...

, Yernjak, Nakhichevan, Chahuk-Shahaponq and

Sharur Sharur ( ) is a city in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. It is the administrative centre of the Sharur District. The city is located 66 km northwest of Nakhchivan city, on the Sharur plain. History In a manuscript of the 16t ...

Goghtn region

Number of known Armenian churches in Goghtn was 94.

Yernjak

Number of known Armenian churches in Ernjak was 68.

Nakhichevan

Number of known Armenian churches in Nakhichevan gavar was 34.

Chahuk-Shahaponq

Number of known Armenian churches in Chahuk-Shahaponq was 71.

Sharur

Number of known Armenian churches in Sharur was 17.

Qazakh

* Saint Sargis Monastery of Gag - ruin

References

* Argam Ayvazyan: "Nakhijevan - The Patkeratzuytz (Map of Monuments)" , Yerevan 2007 {{DEFAULTSORT:Armenian churches in Azerbaijan

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