Pagan temple dedicated to Mithras, Garni, Armenia
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The Temple of Garni (Armenian: Գառնիի հեթանոսական տաճար Gařnii het'anosakan tačar) is a first century Hellenic temple near Garni, Armenia. It is the only pagan temple in Armenia that survived the Christianization of the country in the early 4th century. It is also the only "Greco-Roman colonnaded building" in Armenia and the entire former Soviet Union.
The temple had collapsed in the 1679 earthquake and was reconstructed between 1969 and 1974.
Submitted 29/10/2014
Accepted 21/11/2014
Pagan temple dedicated to Mithras, Garni, Armenia
Buy this photo on Getty Images : Getty Images
The Temple of Garni (Armenian: Գառնիի հեթանոսական տաճար Gařnii het'anosakan tačar) is a first century Hellenic temple near Garni, Armenia. It is the only pagan temple in Armenia that survived the Christianization of the country in the early 4th century. It is also the only "Greco-Roman colonnaded building" in Armenia and the entire former Soviet Union.
The temple had collapsed in the 1679 earthquake and was reconstructed between 1969 and 1974.
Submitted 29/10/2014
Accepted 21/11/2014