Geghard
Geghard is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Geghard monastery is located southeast of Geghard village, near Goght.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 286 residents
- Description: village in Kotayk Province of Armenia
- Also known as: “Artiz”, “Geghard, Armenia”, “Gekhard”, “Гегардаванк”, and “Արտիզ”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Geghard.
Geghard
Monastery
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Geghard 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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Goght and Garni.
Goght
Village
Photo: Liveon001, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Goght is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia, located on the right bank of the upper-Azat River. It is known from 13th-century manuscripts as Goghot.
Garni
Photo: Ondřej Žváček, CC BY 2.5.
Garni is a village in the Kotayk Province of Central Armenia. Most visitors come on day trips from Yerevan to see Garni Temple and Geghard Monastery, but the area deserves a longer stay.
Bayburd
Hamlet
Geghmahovit or Bayburd is an abandoned town in the Ararat Province of Armenia. Traces of an early medieval armenian Bayburd settlement have been preserved in the Khosrov reserve, at the confluence of the Aghjo and Glan tributaries of the Azat River. Bayburd is situated 7 km south of Geghard.
Geghard
- Categories: village in Armenia and locality
- Location: Garni Municipality, Kotayk Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
40.15526° or 40° 9′ 19″ northLongitude
44.79965° or 44° 47′ 59″ eastPopulation
286Elevation
1,912 metres (6,273 feet)Open location code
8HG65Q4X+4VOpenStreetMap ID
way 216731947OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
616680Wikidata ID
Q3100115
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Geghard” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Geghard”
- Armenian: “Gexard”
- Armenian: “Գեղարդ”
- Azerbaijani: “Artız”
- Catalan: “Gueghard”
- Chechen: “Гегард (эвла)”
- Chechen: “Гегард”
- Chinese: “Geghard”
- Chinese: “格加尔德”
- Dutch: “Geghard, Armenia”
- French: “Geghard”
- French: “Geghart”
- French: “Gherart”
- Galician: “Geghard”
- Georgian: “გეღარდი”
- German: “Geghard”
- Italian: “Gaghard”
- Italian: “Geghard (comune)”
- Japanese: “Geghard”
- Malay: “Geghard, Armenia”
- Malay: “Geghard”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Geghard”
- Persian: “گغارد، ارمنستان”
- Polish: “Geghard (miejscowość)”
- Polish: “Geghard”
- Romanian: “Geghard”
- Russian: “Гегард”
- Russian: “Гехард”
- Scots: “Geghard, Armenie”
- Slovenian: “Geghard, Armenija”
- Spanish: “Geghard”
- Tamil: “ஜெகார்ட், ஆர்மீனியா”
- Turkish: “Artız”
- Turkish: “Geghard”
- Ukrainian: “Гегард”
- Ukrainian: “Ґегард”
- Ukrainian: “Ґехард”
- Uzbek: “Geghard, Armaniston”
- Uzbek: “Geghard”
- Vietnamese: “Geghard, Kotayk”
- Vietnamese: “Geghard”
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