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Northeastern Anatolia. Van Lake. Akdamar Island is the home to a tenth century Armenian church, known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross (915-921). The surviving Armenian stelae of the cemetery. The only surviving structure is the Palatine Cathedral of the Holy Cross built by the architect-monk Manuel.

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Northeastern Anatolia. Van Lake. Akdamar Island is the home to a tenth century Armenian church, known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross (915-921). The surviving Armenian stelae of the cemetery. The only surviving structure is the Palatine Cathedral of the Holy Cross built by the architect-monk Manuel.