Akdamar Island

General view of Akdamar Island

Akdamar Island (Turkish: Akdamar Adası; also known as Aghtamar, Ahktamar, and Aght'amar; Armenian: Աղթամար; Kurdish: Axtamar) is a small island in Lake Van in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey.

Akdamar Island Media

A statue of princess Tamar waiting for her love, near Sevan Lake, Armenia. The author is Armenian-American sculptor Rafael Petrosyan.
"Akthamar from Aghavank" an engraving c. 1860
General view of Akdamar Island in springtime.
The Armenian Cathedral of the Holy Cross
The Church of Akdamar Island, Lake Van, Eastern Anatolia, Turkey. Picture taken by Christian Koehn (fragwürdig), August 2001
A detail of David and Goliath from the cathedral
Interior of the cathedral showing the center piece and the interior piantings.
The cross was mounted on top of the Armenian cathedral after restoration.
Akdamar Island in 1923.

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