UNESCO World Heritage Site

Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley

Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley is a cultural UNESCO World Heritage Site in Armenia, inscribed in 2000.

The monastery of Geghard contains a number of churches and tombs, most of them cut into the rock, which illustrate the very peak of Armenian medieval architecture. The complex of medieval buildings is set into a landscape of great natural beauty, surrounded by towering cliffs at

The monastery of Geghard contains a number of churches and tombs, most of them cut into the rock, which illustrate the very peak of Armenian medieval architecture. The complex of medieval buildings is set into a landscape of great natural beauty, surrounded by towering cliffs at the entrance to the Azat Valley.

Country
Armenia
Region
Europe
Category
Cultural
Inscribed
2000
UNESCO reference
960
Area
2.97 ha

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