Monastery of St. Rabban Hormizd

Interior: Little Chapel

Mapping Mesopotamian Monuments
Rabban Hormizd Monastery
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Creator

St. Hormizd
Persian
patron
Late 6th to the 7th century
Date

Early 7th century

Location

Alqosh (Iraq)
Geographic Coordinates
36.748874, 43.115112

Material/Technique

limestone
concrete

Work Type

architecture
Notes

The monastery experienced several restorations and extensions since its first construction in the early 7th century.

Image Date
Fall 2013
Image Source

Photography by the Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archeology, Columbia University

Photographer
Serdar Yalcin