🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Huaca de la Luna Precinct
Moche (100-800 CE) · Moche
Huaca de la Luna Precinct in La Libertad, Peru is a Moche (100-800 CE) temple-complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Huaca de la Luna Precinct (La Libertad)
Moche (100-800 CE) · Moche
Huaca de la Luna Precinct in La Libertad, Peru is a Moche (100-800 CE) temple-complex.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Tatev Monastery — Vorotan Gorge Wings Aerial
Medieval (9th c. church St Paul-Peter 895–906; 11th c. Surb Astvatsatsin; Gavazan column 895) · Armenian Syunik princes medieval scriptorium (14th c. Tatev University 1373–1435)
Tatev Wings tram 5.7 km 2010, excavated Soviet, university 1373 Tatev School of lord.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Akhtala Monastery — Fortress Copper Mining Fresco Manor
Bagratid Kyurikian (10th c. fortress Pghndzahank Prince Gurgen 1188 church; fresco 1205–16 Byzantine; Armenian-Georgian) · Kyurikian branch of Bagratid (David Gareji) with Georgian Chalcedonian fresco after 1220
Akhtala fresco excavated by Soviet, copper fortress with fresco Byzantine-Georgian.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Khor Virap — Ararat View Monastery Pit Dungeon Khor Virap
Artashat hill fortress 180 BCE; monastery 642 CE; pit 298 CE Gregory the Illuminator imprisoned 13 years · Armenian Christian and earlier Artaxiad capital Artashat (180 BCE Arshak?)
Khor Virap pit 298 CE Gregory 13 years per Agathangelos, Artashat capital Xenophon.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Mastara Church — Cross-Wing Central Square 5th Century
Early Christian (5th c. c. 640 Mastara St John, mixed 5th core) · Early Armenian central square cross-wing church (Mastara type prototype)
Mastara excavated by Sahinian, central cross 640 with Greek-Armenian inscription.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Kobayr Monastery — Lori Cliff-Hanging Two-Storey Narthex
Zakarian (1171 Kobayr main Surb Astvatsatsin Mariam, 1279 chapel of Honents sister) · Armenian Zakarian → Georgian Chalcedonian hybrid after 1223?
Kobayr fresco monastery excavated by Soviet, 1279 Honents church replica nearby.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Tekor Basilica — Early 5th Century Triple Basilica Shirak
Early Christian (5th c. c.478–480 CE inscription Prince Sahak Kamsarakan) · Early Armenian (Kamsarakan princes, pre-Bagratid, Sassanian period Armenian Christianity)
Tekor excavated by Thierry 1970s, 5th-c Armenian inscription 478 authentic.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Odzun Church — 6th Century Basilica Hall Vault
Early Medieval (Odzun St Astvatsatsin c. 6th–8th c. with 5th c. core; Catholicos Hovhannes Odzunetsi 717–728) · Early Armenian basilica hall church (Hall-type) with U-thin altar
Odzun church preserved 6th–8th, Hovhannes Odzunetsi catholicos 717 origin.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Marmashen Monastery — Shirak Cyclopean Wall Fortress Church
Bagratid (988–1029 Marmashen by Prince Vahram Pahlavuni, main 988–1029) · Bagratid Pahlavuni (Vahram same as Amberd)
Marmashen excavated by Sargsyan, Vahram Pahlavuni 988 family monastery.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Kecharis Monastery — Tsakhkadzor Ski Hill Dome Ensemble
Pahlavuni-Bagratid (11th c. St Gregory 1033 Prince Grigor Magistros, Katoghike 1201) · Pahlavuni princes (Grigor Magistros founder 1033 including 12th c. Zakarian addition)
Kecharis excavated by Soviet, Pahlavuni 1033 Prince Grigor Magistros.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Aruch Church — 7th Century Hall Dome with Landslip
Early Medieval (666 CE Grigor Mamikonian foundation, St Gregory 670) · Mamikonian princes early medieval 7th c.
Aruch excavated by Sahinian 1970, Mamikonian 669 inscription inside.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Geghard Monastery — Rock-Cut Chapel Geghardavank
Medieval (Main 1215 CE; gavit 1225; rock-cut 1263 Proshian tomb) · Armenian medieval Proshian princes (Zakarian dynasty)
Geghard UNESCO 2000, Proshian cave church 1283 with stalactite.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Artik — Pemzashen Church Surp Sargis Open Field
Early Medieval (5th–7th c. Surb Sargis 5th c. and Lmbatavank 7th) · Early Armenian field churches 7th c. basilica hall
Artik Lmbatavank 630 7th c. hall church 20 m with fresco copy.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Haghpat Monastery — Lori Gorge Scriptoir
Bagratid (976–991 church Surb Nshan, Hamid 1185, 13th c. bell tower) · Armenian Bagratid to Zakarian (10th–13th c.)
Haghpat excavated Soviet, UNESCO 1996 with Sanahin pair.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Harichavank Monastery — Shirak Plateau Forte Monastery
Medieval (7th c. early; Surb Astvatsatsin 1201 Zakarian) · Armenian Zakarian princes & later Armenian Catholicos summer seat 1850–1932
Harich Catholicos seat 1850–1932, Zakarian 1201 church.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Hayravank Monastery — Sevan Western Shore Fortress Cliff
Early medieval (9th–12th c. Hayravank, chapel 8th c.) · Early Armenian small church 9th–12th
Hayravank 9th c. small church with cyclopean fort.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Haghartsin Monastery — Dilijan Forest Three Churches Enclosed
Bagratid-Zakarian (10th c. St Gregory 10th; 1184 Surb Astvatsatsin 1248 with gavit) · Bagratid → Zakarian (10th–13th c.) Armenian
Haghartsin forest 10th–13th excavated 1990–2010.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Havuts Tar Monastery — Dual Hill Forest Refuge
Early Medieval to late Medieval (10th–13th c.; main St Amenaprkich 1013, Surb Karapet 13th) · Bagratid-Zakarian 1013–13th forest monastery
Havuts Tar 1013 burnt 2017 Khosrov fire damaged.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Aghjots Vank — Garni Gorge Wilderness Isolated Dome
Medieval (13th c. Aghjots Surb Stepanos 13th c., Zakarian era) · Zakarian 13th c. small wilderness monastery
Aghjots isolated excavated by Khosrov reserve.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Sanahin Monastery — Lori Bridge Sister
Bagratid (966 Surb Astvatsatsin 928–944 Blessing; 1063 library; 1181 gavit Kariannik) · Armenian Bagratid (Kurikyan Lori kingdom)
Sanahin UNESCO 1996 sister to Haghpat.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Makenyats Vank — Sevan Southeast Shore Basilica
Early medieval Bagratid (9th c. main 851? Surb Astvatsatsin 9th) · Bagratid Siunik princes 9th c.
Makenyats 9th c. excavated.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Pyramid of the Sun
Classic Teotihuacan (100–550 CE) · Teotihuacan
Giant stepped truncated pyramid in Teotihuacan, largest Mesoamerican structure before Spanish, built over cave-tunnel. Avenue of the Dead aligned 15.5° east of north. Faced with tezontle and plaster.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Earthwork Enclosure Europe 89 — Greece Region 5
Period Iron Age · Regional culture Europe-Temple
Earthwork Enclosure Europe 89 — Greece Region 5 in Greece Region 5, Greece is a Neolithic temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.