Friday, September 19, 2008

MONASTERY, AZAT VALLEY , ARMENIA

The Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley, Armenia

Geghard


(ceiling of church cut out of the rock)

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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