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Akner monastery

Eğner, Turkey · built 1101

Akner monastery (Akner vank') is a destroyed Armenian monastery near the Eğner village of Adana province of modern Turkey. Built in the 12th century, it was heavily ruined by neighbouring Turkish Muslims during the Hamidian massacres in 1896.

Monastery data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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