Background
TORAMANYAN, Toros was born on March 18, 1864 in Turkey. Son of a landowner.
TORAMANYAN, Toros was born on March 18, 1864 in Turkey. Son of a landowner.
1893 graduate Constantinople Academy of Arts.
1894—1900 worked as architect in Constantinople and Bulgaria. 1903 moved to Arm and spent the rest of his life studying and protecting ancient Arm architectural monuments. 1904-1912 took part in excavation and study of Ani monuments.
Reconstructed Ani churches of Grigoriy, Bakhtageka, Pastoral Church. Reconstructed bridge over River Akhuryan. Reconstructed Zvartnots Church.
Traced connections between Arm architectural monuments and architecture of neighboring countries.