Əbrəqunus

Əbrəqunus
Municipality
Əbrəqunus
Coordinates: 39°08′06″N 45°38′13″E / 39.13500°N 45.63694°E / 39.13500; 45.63694Coordinates: 39°08′06″N 45°38′13″E / 39.13500°N 45.63694°E / 39.13500; 45.63694
Country	Azerbaijan
Autonomous republic	Nakhchivan
District	Julfa
Population [citation needed]
• Total	2,747
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

Əbrəqunus (Əbrəqunis, Əbrəkunis, and Abragunus) or Aprakunis (Armenian: Ապրակունիս, romanized: Aprakownis)^[1] is a village and municipality in the Julfa District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan.

It has a population of 2,747.

History[]

A legend connects the settlement's name to an Armenian patriarch named Arbak.^{[citation needed]}

A medieval Armenian monastery called Surp Karapet was located in Abrakunis. It stood intact but in a state of disrepair until shortly before 2005, when it was demolished.^[2] The main church in the monastery was built in 1381 over the ruins of a previous church. Internally, it was a domed basilica with four piers. The lower parts of the church were built with cut stone, but the dome and its tall drum were of brick and from a later repair. The interior had Persian-style frescoes from the 1740s. On the exterior walls were various relief carvings, crosses, eagles, etc. Beside the south wall was a small chapel dedicated to St. Stephanos. In 1705 a bell tower was added to the roof of this chapel.^[3] The monastery had a fortified enclosure wall made of mud brick. Beside the entrance to the church was a khachkar with an inscription dated 1074.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

External links[]

• Əbrəqunus (as Əbrəqunis) at GEOnet Names Server

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