San Bartolomeo degli Armeni
San Bartolomeo degli Armeni is an Armenian Catholic church in the quarter of Castelletto in Genoa, northern Italy.
The church was founded in 1308 by a group of monks who were fleeing the Turkish invasion of southern Armenia. Of the original edifice, the apse, the dome and the left chapel remain; the right chapel was destroyed in 1883.
The church houses the "
Luca Cambiasi, Anton Maria Maragliano
and others.
Sources
- Paglieri, Nadia Pazzini; Rinangelo Paglieri (1990). Chiese in Liguria. Genoa: Sagep Editrice. ISBN 88-7058-361-9.
