Kara Kilise

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Kara Kilise is an ancient Armenian monastery in northwestern Iran, renowned for its distinctive black-and-white stone architecture and significance as one of the oldest Christian sites in the region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kara Kelisa 1
Kara Kilise canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Armenian monastery ⓘ
Christian religious site ⓘ
monastery ⓘ
architecturalFeature basilica plan elements ⓘ
black-and-white stone masonry ⓘ
domed church ⓘ
architecturalStyle Armenian architecture ⓘ
associatedTradition site of martyrdom of Saint Thaddeus ⓘ
associatedWith Apostle Thaddeus ⓘ
conservationStatus protected monument ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
dedicatedTo Saint Thaddeus ⓘ
denomination Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
foundedInCentury 7th century ⓘ
governingBody Iranian Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization ⓘ
hasComponent chapels ⓘ
main church ⓘ
monastic buildings ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 2008 ⓘ
locatedIn West Azerbaijan Province ⓘ
northwestern Iran ⓘ
locatedNear Chaldoran ⓘ
Maku ⓘ
material black stone ⓘ
white stone ⓘ
otherName Black Church ⓘ
Kara Kelisa ⓘ
linked to: Kara Kilise

Qara Kelisa ⓘ
Saint Thaddeus Monastery ⓘ
partOf Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran ⓘ
pilgrimageEvent annual feast of Saint Thaddeus ⓘ
rebuiltInCentury 13th century ⓘ
14th century ⓘ
region historic Armenian cultural area ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
significance major Armenian pilgrimage site ⓘ
one of the oldest Christian sites in Iran ⓘ
UNESCOSerialProperty Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (ii) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
(vi) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 1262 ⓘ
wallDecoration carved crosses ⓘ
stone reliefs ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kara Kilise → otherName → Kara Kelisa ⓘ
linked to: Kara Kilise