Caucasus
Armenia
Kotayk Province

Geghard

Geghard is a medieval monastery in the province of , 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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  • Type: Monastery
  • Denomination: Armenian Apostolic
  • Description: cultural heritage monument of Armenia
  • Also known as: “Geghard Monastery” and “Monastery of Geghard”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Stepanos (Aghjots Vank).

Church
Photo: Z galstyan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aghjots Vank; also known as the Saint Stephen Monastery of Goght, is a 13th-century monastery situated along a tributary of the Azat River Valley within the Khosrov State Reserve located half a mile walk from the hamlet of , and near the villages of and in the of . is situated 4 km south of Geghard.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Geghard and Goght.

Village
Photo: Dec53, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in the of . The UNESCO World Heritage Site of monastery is located southeast of village, near .

Village
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is a village in the of , located on the right bank of the upper-Azat River. It is known from 13th-century manuscripts as Goghot. is situated 3 km west of Geghard.

Hamlet
Geghmahovit or is an abandoned town in the Ararat Province of . Traces of an early medieval armenian settlement have been preserved in the Khosrov reserve, at the confluence of the Aghjo and Glan tributaries of the Azat River. is situated 6 km southwest of Geghard.

Geghard

Latitude
40.14037° or 40° 8′ 25″ north
Longitude
44.81838° or 44° 49′ 6″ east
Elevation
1,745 metres (5,725 feet)
Open location code
8HG64RR9+49
Open­Street­Map ID
way 405284197
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­monastery
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­church
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­armenian_apostolic
Geo­Names ID
6942151
Wiki­data ID
Q499285
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Geghard” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دير غيغارد”
  • Arabic: “كيغارت”
  • Armenian: “Այրիվանք”
  • Armenian: “Գեղարդի վանք”
  • Armenian: “Վանական համալիր Գեղարդ (Այրիվանք)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Geğard monastırı”
  • Basque: “Geghard monasterioa”
  • Belarusian: “Гегард”
  • Catalan: “monestir de la Llança”
  • Catalan: “Monestir de la Llança”
  • Catalan: “monestir Gueghard”
  • Chinese: “格加爾德修道院”
  • Croatian: “Geghard”
  • Czech: “Klášter Geghard”
  • Danish: “Geghard Kloster”
  • Dutch: “Klooster van Geghard”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “دير جيجارد”
  • Esperanto: “Monaĥejo Geghard”
  • Finnish: “Geghard”
  • French: “Geghard”
  • French: “Monastère de Geghard”
  • French: “Monastère de Gherart”
  • Galician: “mosteiro de Geghard”
  • Galician: “Mosteiro de Geghard”
  • Georgian: “აირივანქი”
  • Georgian: “გეღარდი”
  • Georgian: “გეღარდის მონასტერი”
  • German: “Geghard-Kloster”
  • German: “Geghard”
  • German: “Kloster Geghard”
  • Greek: “Μοναστήρι του Γκεγάρντ”
  • Hebrew: “מנזר גרארד”
  • Hungarian: “Geghard kolostor”
  • Indonesian: “Biara Geghard”
  • Italian: “Geghard”
  • Italian: “monastero di Geghard”
  • Japanese: “Geghard 修道院”
  • Japanese: “ゲガルド修道院”
  • Japanese: “ゲガルド修道院とアザト川上流域”
  • Japanese: “ゲハルト修道院とアザート川上流域”
  • Korean: “게그하드 수도원”
  • Korean: “게하르트”
  • Kotava: “Geghard”
  • Latvian: “Gehardas klosteris”
  • Lithuanian: “Gegardo vienuolynas”
  • Macedonian: “Гегард”
  • Maltese: “Monasteru ta‘ Geghard”
  • Maltese: “Monasteru ta’ Geghard”
  • Mongolian: “Гегард”
  • Persian: “صومعه گغارد”
  • Persian: “صومعهٔ گغارد”
  • Persian: “صومعه گقارد”
  • Persian: “نیایشگاه گقارد”
  • Polish: “Geghard”
  • Polish: “Klasztor Geghard”
  • Portuguese: “Geghard”
  • Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Geghard e Vale Superior do Azat”
  • Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Geghard”
  • Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Guelarde”
  • Romanian: “Geghard”
  • Russian: “Гегард”
  • Russian: “Гехард”
  • Russian: “Монастырь Гегард”
  • Russian: “Монастырь Гегардаванк”
  • Serbian: “Манастир Гегард”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Geghard”
  • Slovak: “Kláštor Geghard”
  • Slovak: “Monastier Geghard”
  • Slovenian: “Ajrivank”
  • Slovenian: “Geghard”
  • Slovenian: “Gehard”
  • Slovenian: “Samostan Geghard”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de Geghard”
  • Swedish: “Ajrivank”
  • Swedish: “Ayrivank”
  • Swedish: “Geghard”
  • Swedish: “Geghardavank”
  • Tamil: “கெக்காட்”
  • Tatar: “Геһард кәшишханәсе”
  • Thai: “แกฆาร์ด”
  • Turkish: “Geğard Manastırı”
  • Ukrainian: “Гегард”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґегард”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґехард”
  • Ukrainian: “Монастир Гегард”
  • Ukrainian: “Монастир Ґегард”
  • Vietnamese: “Geghard”
  • Vietnamese: “Tu viện Geghard”
  • Western Armenian: “Գեղարդի վանք”
  • Western Frisian: “Geghard”

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