Cathedral of Mren | |
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![]() Mren in the early 20th century
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Basic information | |
Location | Digor (District), Kars |
Geographic coordinates | 40°14′32″N 43°39′47″E / 40.242125°N 43.662953°ECoordinates: 40°14′32″N 43°39′47″E / 40.242125°N 43.662953°E |
Affiliation | Armenian Apostolic Church |
Country | Turkey |
Architectural description | |
Architectural type | Three-nave basilica with dome |
Architectural style | Armenian |
Groundbreaking | 631 |
Completed | 639 |
The Cathedral of Mren is a 7th-century Armenian church in an abandoned medieval town site called Mren. It is located in the Kars region of Turkey near the border with Armenia, about 1.5 km west of the Akhurian River.
The church of Mren is a domed triple-nave basilica, believed, on the basis of an inscription on its west facade and on stylistic features, to have been built in the 630s or early 640s.