Monastery of Saint Bartholomew
Saint Bartholomew Monastery was a medieval Armenian monastery in the historic province of Vaspurakan, 23 km north-east from the town of Başkale, in present-day Turkey's Van Province, near the Iranian border.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Armenian Apostolic
- Description: Medieval Armenian monestery in present-day Başkale, Van, Turkey
- Also known as: “Albayrak Church” and “Saint Bartholomew Monastery”
- Address: Albayrak
Monastery of Saint Bartholomew
- Categories: monastery, ruins, tourism, tourist attraction, historic site, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Başkale İlçesi, Van Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Latitude
38.14504° or 38° 8′ 42″ north
Longitude
44.21007° or 44° 12′ 36″ east
Elevation
2,057 metres (6,749 feet)
Open location code
8HC646W6+22
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OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=church
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
OpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=armenian_apostolic
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Monastery of Saint Bartholomew” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دير القديس برثولماوس”
- Armenian: “Սուրբ Բարդուղիմեոս Առաքելոց վանք”
- Armenian: “Սուրբ Բարդուղիմեոս Առաքյալի վանք”
- Armenian: “Սուրբ Բարդուղիմեոսի վանք”
- Armenian: “Սուրբ Բարդուղիմես սրբազան Առաքելի վանք”
- Armenian: “Սուրբ Բարդուղոմեոսի վանք”
- Armenian: “Սուրբ Խաչ”
- Chinese: “亚美尼亚的圣巴尔多禄茂修道院”
- Chinese: “亞美尼亞的聖巴爾多祿茂修道院”
- Dutch: “Bartolomeusklooster”
- Dutch: “Bartolomeüsklooster”
- French: “Saint-Barthélemy d’Aghbak”
- German: “Bartholomäuskloster”
- Kurdish: “Dêra Bartolomeyo”
- Kurdish: “Dêra Saînt Bartholomeûs”
- Kurdish: “دێرا بارتۆلۆمەیۆ”
- Persian: “صومعه بارتوقیمئوس مقدس”
- Persian: “کلیسای بارتوقیمئوس مقدس”
- Polish: “Klasztor św. Bartłomieja”
- Portuguese: “Mosteiro de São Bartolomeu”
- Russian: “Дейр”
- Russian: “Монастырь Святого Варфоломея”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de San Bartolomé de Başkale”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de San Bartolome”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de San Bartolomé”
- Turkish: “Albayrak Kilisesi”
- Turkish: “Aziz Bartalmay Manastırı”
- Turkish: “Surp Partuğimeos Manastırı”
- Western Armenian: “Սուրբ Բարթուղիմէոս առաքեալի վանք”
- Western Armenian: “Սուրբ Բարթուղիմէոսի վանք”
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