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Hromkla

Also known as Rumkale

Hromkla, Turkish Rumkale, is a fortress on a crag above the Euphrates in south-eastern Turkey. From 1149 it was the seat of the Catholicos of the Armenian Church and a centre of manuscript illumination, where Toros Roslin worked. The Mamluks captured it in 1292, and the catholicosate moved to Sis.

Hromkla
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Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Hromkla. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/hromkla
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