Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley

World Heritage
Armenia
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The Geghard Monastery contains several churches and mausoleums, most of which are carved into the rock, and is the pinnacle of Armenian medieval architecture. The medieval complex is located in a scenic natural landscape, surrounded by towering cliffs at the entrance to the Azat Valley.

View inside the monastic complex

Geghard in the snow

Entrance to Geghard Monastery

Geghard gavit

Jamatun,first rock-cut chamber

Portal to S. Astvatsatsin

Engraved crosses on the cave church wall in the Geghard Monastery

Copies of khachars at the Armenian cemetery in Julfa, Nakhichevan destroyed by Azerbaijan

Arched entrance to the caves adjacent to the monastery

wall carvings

The entrance to the monastic complex

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Information extracted from Wikidata

architectural style Category:People from San Cristóbal de La Laguna
executive body Geghard
location of creation Geghard
IPA transcription 2347639
number of rooms lccn-n83153359
office held by head of the organization http://g.co/kg/m/03nv0s
Commons category Geghard
has part Nijmegen
has part Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park
has part Vilnius
has part Andorra la Vella
has part Khachkar
has part Khachkar
has part Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes
has part National Legislature
inception 1215-01-01T00:00:00Z
coordinate location Point(44.818594 40.140468)
Commons gallery Geghard
native label Գեղարդ
directions Գեղարդ գյուղից 12կմ հս-աե, Գողթ գետի աջ ափին
described at URL http://www.arlis.am/DocumentView.aspx?DocID=11757
street address Գեղարդ գյուղից 12կմ հս-աե, Գողթ գետի աջ ափին
country Armenia
image http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Geghard%20dome.jpg

heritage designation Category:Views of Pienza
start time 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z