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Akdamar Monumental Museum is a historic Armenian church located on Akdamar Island, the second largest island in Lake Van, near the district of Gevaş in Van, Türkiye. Also known as the Church of the Holy Cross, it was commissioned by King Gagik I Ardzruni of Vaspurakan between 915 and 921 and constructed by the architect Monk Manuel. This palace church reflects the cultural and architectural heritage of the Vaspurakan Kingdom, which ruled Van and its surroundings under the Abbasids from 908 to 10

Mary Main Church, located in the Lalebey neighborhood of the Suriçi district in Diyarbakır, on place land, is a historically and architecturally significant structure that continues to serve its original function to this day. Ownership belongs to the Syriac Mar Maryam Church Community Foundation. Although the exact construction date is unknown, various theories have been proposed. Archaeological inventory sheets prepared by the Diyarbakır Archaeology Museum Directorate date it to the 3rd century

Mar Petyun Keldani Church is a historic church located in the Özdemir Neighborhood of the Sur District in Diyarbakır, near Sheikh Mutahhar Camii on place land. This building, still actively used by the Chaldean Catholic community, has an uncertain construction date. Due to insufficient written records and the absence of an original inscription on the structure, its founding date has not been definitively established. However, an inscription dated 1834 above the entrance in the northwestern corne