Reaching towards the sky, they rise vertically from the valley floor for a hundred metres and more: Masses of basalt columns, ...

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 ...

Currently, three properties in Armenia are inscribed on the World Heritage List: Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley (2000), Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin (1996), Cathedral and ...

Geghard was once a house for monks ... Historians say Saint Gregory the Illuminator started the monastery here in Armenia. The medieval complex, with its churches cut into rock, still has original ...

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 ...