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602 Surb Karapet Monastery earthquake

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38:(7th century). According to the pseudonymous narrative, the Surb Karapet Monastery of Innaknean "collapsed in ruins" due to the earthquake, along with the houses located below it. The narrative claims that the monastery's foundations were standing in the earthquake's area. The earthquake caused a shift in the foundations, resulting in the monastery's collapse. 57:. In the present era, the monastery stands in ruins. It had been reconstructed on several occasions, and its architectural history is known in detail only from the 15th century onwards. Among the still extantr buildings, the oldest date to the 7th or 8th century. The earthquake probably destroyed an early incarnation of the monastery. 41:
The Surb Karapet Monastery (Karapeti vank') was also known as the "convent of the nine springs" (Innakneani vank'). It was located on Mount Bazmasar, which has an altitude of 2,150 m (7,050 ft). The mountain is located to the northwest of the modern city of
71:(19th century) mentions two different earthquakes in the area of the monastery, one dated to 593 and the other to 606. Abich's primary source for both events was the chronicle of 258: 86:
during this period. While modern historians have suggested that Michael was referring to the 602 earthquake, he might have instead misdated events of the
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A new catalogue of earthquakes in the historical Armenian area from antiquity to the 12th century
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Pseudo-John Mamikonean dates the earthquake to the first regnal year of the
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The monastery served as the religious centre for Taron, and it was a
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The primary source for this earthquake is the chronicle of pseudo-
64: 43: 289: 99: 163: 100:Guidoboni, Emanuela; Traina, Giusto (1995), 23:took place in 602 (or 603) and affected the 135: 133: 131: 129: 127: 125: 123: 177: 170: 156: 120: 290: 151: 21:602 Surb Karapet Monastery earthquake 13: 14: 339: 67:(reigned 602-610). The geologist 139:Guidoboni, Traina, 1995, p. 118 16:7th-century Armenian earthquake 69:Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich 1: 114: 27:, located in the district of 303:600s in the Byzantine Empire 7: 10: 344: 190:602 Surb Karapet Monastery 93: 185: 318:7th-century Christianity 323:History of Muş Province 308:7th-century earthquakes 328:Earthquakes in Armenia 313:7th century in Armenia 179:Earthquakes in Armenia 106:, Annals of Geophysics 88:632 Armenia earthquake 25:Surb Karapet Monastery 270: /  80:Michael the Syrian 274:38.961°N 41.192°E 253: 252: 62:Byzantine emperor 335: 285: 284: 282: 281: 280: 275: 271: 268: 267: 266: 263: 172: 165: 158: 149: 148: 140: 137: 107: 84:Byzantine Empire 75:(12th century). 343: 342: 338: 337: 336: 334: 333: 332: 288: 287: 278: 276: 272: 269: 264: 261: 259: 257: 256: 254: 249: 200:735 Vayots Dzor 181: 176: 145: 143: 138: 121: 117: 111: 96: 36:John Mamikonean 17: 12: 11: 5: 341: 331: 330: 325: 320: 315: 310: 305: 300: 279:38.961; 41.192 251: 250: 248: 247: 242: 237: 232: 227: 222: 217: 212: 207: 202: 197: 192: 186: 183: 182: 175: 174: 167: 160: 152: 142: 141: 118: 116: 113: 109: 108: 95: 92: 78:The historian 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 340: 329: 326: 324: 321: 319: 316: 314: 311: 309: 306: 304: 301: 299: 296: 295: 293: 286: 283: 246: 243: 241: 240:1931 Zangezur 238: 236: 233: 231: 228: 226: 223: 221: 218: 216: 213: 211: 208: 206: 203: 201: 198: 196: 193: 191: 188: 187: 184: 180: 173: 168: 166: 161: 159: 154: 153: 150: 146: 136: 134: 132: 130: 128: 126: 124: 119: 112: 105: 104: 98: 97: 91: 89: 85: 81: 76: 74: 73:Samuel Anetsi 70: 66: 63: 58: 56: 52: 47: 45: 39: 37: 32: 30: 26: 22: 255: 225:1679 Armenia 215:1269 Cilicia 210:906 K'argop' 189: 144: 110: 102: 77: 59: 48: 40: 33: 20: 18: 277: / 245:1988 Spitak 195:632 Armenia 292:Categories 265:41°11′31″E 262:38°57′40″N 230:1840 Ahora 220:1139 Ganja 115:References 51:pilgrimage 235:1926 Kars 55:Armenians 53:site for 205:893 Dvin 94:Sources 65:Phocas 29:Taron 19:The 298:602 44:Muş 294:: 122:^ 90:. 46:. 31:. 171:e 164:t 157:v

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Surb Karapet Monastery
Taron
John Mamikonean
Muş
pilgrimage
Armenians
Byzantine emperor
Phocas
Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich
Samuel Anetsi
Michael the Syrian
Byzantine Empire
632 Armenia earthquake
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Earthquakes in Armenia
602 Surb Karapet Monastery
632 Armenia
735 Vayots Dzor
893 Dvin
906 K'argop'

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