Image View Description:
Exterior: Valley and the monastery
Date:
Early 7th century
Location:
Alqosh (Iraq)
Work Type:
architecture
Material / Technique:
limestone
Culture:
Assyrian-Chaldean
Creator:
St. Hormizd
Creator Nationality:
Persian
Creator Dates:
Late 6th to the 7th century
Creator Role:
patron
Photographer:
Serdar Yalcin
Notes:
The monastery experienced several restorations and extensions since its first construction in the early 7th century.
Image Source:
Photography by the Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archeology, Columbia University
Record ID:
1314_iraq2013_strabbanhormizd_vr_10