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Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley

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Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley Armênia
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프리미어 영상편집 캠코더영상 데이터 파일 CD DVD제작 호정미디어 The Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley Armenia 중세 아르메니아의 수도원
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Paul Tanner UK All 3 of Armenia s WHS are churches or monasteries Apart from ticking off additional WHS one must ask whether there is a great deal of extra benefit to be gained from chasing all 3 since
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Geghard monastery has a great setting amidst rocky mountains The dark grey monastery is a popular daytrip from Yerevan often combined with the pagan but completely rebuilt Garni temple
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Part of this monastery is hewn out of rocks a bit similar to Lalibela Inside its rooms are dark sober and cool There are also caves left where monks prayed Numerous khatchkars stone
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What I liked best besides the wonderful location were the delicate carvings on the in and outside of the main building For example the coat of arms relief in one of the rock churches
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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
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