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Armenian architecture comprises architectural works with an aesthetic or historical connection to the Armenian people. It is difficult to situate this architectural style within precise geographical or chronological limits, [ 1 ] but many of its monuments were created in the regions of historical Armenia, the Armenian Highlands . [ 2 ]
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From the 17th century until 1945, the cathedral belonged to the Armenian Catholic archdiocese of Lviv, when bishop Mikołaj (Nicolas) Torosowicz in 1630 and his successor Vartan Hunanyan (1681) united the Armenian and Roman Catholic Churches, over a century before the official birth (1742) of the Armenian Catholic Church. The cathedral ...
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In 1732 the building was transferred to Lviv district director Franciszek Wieszniewski, and then in 1760 to the Armenian Nikorovych family. The assessor of the Tribunal, Dominik Nikorovich, received his nobility from the Austrian emperor in 1782. The building was owned by his descendants until 1911.
The territory of the Lviv Historic Centre Ensemble covers 120 hectares (300 acres) of the Rus' and Medieval part of the city, as well as the territory of the St. George's Cathedral on St. George's Hill. The buffer area of the Historic Centre, which is defined by the historic area bounds, is approximately 3,000 hectares (7,400 acres).
The Vernacular architecture of Armenia is based on long standing Armenian architectural tradition starting from the times of Urartu to the modern day. Vernacular architecture refers to the common architecture of the region, which is usually much simpler than what the technology of current time is able to provide.
Armenian Union of Architects logo The Armenian Union of Architects ( Armenian : Հայաստանի ճարտարապետների միություն , romanized : Hayastani chartarapetneri miut’yun ), also known as the Chamber of Architects of Armenia was founded in 1932 in Yerevan by the committee under the chairmanship of Gevorg Kochar.