🏛️ Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley

Museums, Memorials & Monuments Armenia Asia

The Monastery of Geghard is a medieval Armenian Christian complex situated in the Upper Azat Valley, recognized for its distinctive fusion of rock-cut and constructed architecture. The site comprises churches, chapels, vestries, and burial chambers, many carved directly into the adjacent cliffs. The monastery's carved relief work includes khachkars (cross-stones) ...