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Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley

Kategorie
Cultural
Land
Armenia
Einschreibungsjahr
2000
Kriterien
(ii)
UNESCO-ID
960

Beschreibung

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.