Monastery of Saint George of Goms

Monastery of Saint George of Goms - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Monastery of Saint George of Goms (, "Saint George") was an Armenian monastery in the historic province of Vaspurakan, in present-day Turkey. The local Armenian peasants called it Jojglukh vank (Monastery of the Great Head) (). Goms, meaning "cowsheds", was the name of the nearest village to the monastery: this village is now called Kümüs by its Kurdish inhabitants, its official name is Çanakdüzü. Read more on Wikipedia

type: religious building
date from: 10th century

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