Bell tower of the Armenian Church in Kamyanets-Podilsky.

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Armenian Church

Central Ukraine


Huge, decorative wrought-iron gates enclose these ruins of a 15th-century church, its perimeter still weeping masonry onto the cobbles below. The reconstructed defensive bell tower is now a small Ukrainian Orthodox chapel.


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