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Geghard Monastery   -  By: Babak A. Tafreshi

The monastery of Geghard; a world Heritage Site in Armenia. The church is being partially made like a hidden temple in a cave, carved out of the adjacent mountain, surrounded by magnificent towering cliffs. Geghard means "the Monastery of the Spear". The main chapel was built in 1215, but the monastery complex was founded in the 4th century at the site of a sacred spring inside a cave.

 


    Item Code: 103637


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