Geghard
Sign in to save250px|thumb|Plan of Geghard, with identification of the main structures. Geghard (, meaning "spear") is a medieval monastery in the Kotayk province of Armenia, being partially carved out of the adjacent mountain, surrounded by cliffs. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site with enhanced protection status.
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Geghard is a medieval Armenian monastery partially carved into a mountain in the Kotayk province, notable for its unique architecture integrated with the surrounding cliffs. The site holds UNESCO World Heritage status with enhanced protection, recognizing its historical and cultural significance.
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Key facts
- Religious building.building_name
- Geghard
- Religious building.native_name
- Գեղարդ
- Religious building.image
- Monasterio de Geghard, Armenia, 2016-10-02, DD 63.jpg
- Religious building.image_size
- 300
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- Armenia
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- yes
- Religious building.location
- near Goght, Kotayk Province, Armenia
- Religious building.religious_affiliation
- Armenian Apostolic Church
- Religious building.architecture
- yes
- Religious building.architecture_style
- Armenian
- Religious building.groundbreaking
- 4th century
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Complex
- The main church (Katoghike, 1215)
- The vestry, ''gavit'' (1215-1225)
- Rock-cut church with spring (c.1240)
- The main ''zhamatun'' (1283)
- Proshyan chapel (1283)
- Upper Zhamatun (1288)
- Chapel of S. Grigor
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
250px|thumb|Plan of Geghard, with identification of the main structures. Geghard (, meaning "spear") is a medieval monastery in the Kotayk province of Armenia, being partially carved out of the adjacent mountain, surrounded by cliffs. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site with enhanced protection status.
While the main chapel was built in 1215, the monastery complex was founded in the 4th century by Gregory the Illuminator at the site of a sacred spring inside a cave. The monastery had thus been originally named Ayrivank (Այրիվանք), meaning "the Monastery of the Cave". The name commonly used for the monastery today, Geghard, or more fully Geghardavank (Գեղարդավանք), meaning "the Monastery of the Spear", originates from the spear which had wounded Jesus at the Crucifixion, allegedly brought to Armenia by Apostle Jude, called here Thaddeus, and stored amongst many other relics. Now it is displayed in the Echmiadzin treasury.