states: [armenia]
category: cultural
year: 2000
location: Kotayk' Region, near the village of Goght
region: Europe and North America
latitude/longitude: 40.1588900000, 44.7966700000
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.
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