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Geghard Monastery. All photos from Wikimedia.
Monastere de Geghard - Armenie
Temple de Garni
Le temple de Garni (en arménien: «Garnu tacar») est situé dans le village de Garni dans la province de Kotayk, en Arménie. Il était autrefois un temple païen dédié au dieu solaire arménien, Mihr. Construit au milieu du 1er siècle ap. J.-C., le temple de Garni a remarquablement survécu à la période de destruction des temples païens suite à la conversion de l’Arménie au christianisme au 4e siècle ap. J.-C. Il a aussi résisté à d’innombrables invasions et tremblements de terre jusqu’à son effondrement en 1679. Suite à une période de fouilles archéologiques entre la fin du 19e siècle jusqu’au début du 20e siècle, le temple de Garni a finalement été reconstruit entre 1969 et 1975. Aujourd’hui, il s’agit de la seule structure gréco-romaine en Arménie. Il est considéré par beaucoup comme un puissant symbole du passé classique de l’Arménie, ainsi qu’un symbole de ses liens historiques avec les civilisations grecque et romaine.
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Geghard Monastery Գեղարդ ( Armenia )
Geghard monastery (Kotayk Province, Armenia).
PLACES IN THE ANCIENT WORLD: Geghard (Armenia)
GEGHARD (Armenian: Geghardavank or "monastery of the spear") is a medieval monastery located in Armenia’s Kotayk province, deep within the Azat Valley, which was built directly out of an adjacent mountain. Geghard is renown throughout Armenia for its medieval art and architecture, and local traditions associate the site with Saint Gregory the Illuminator (c. 257 – c. 331 CE) who came to the area to found a small Christian chapel in the 4th century CE.
Geghard’s name attests to the former presence of a spear that supposedly pierced the body of Jesus Christ while he was crucified. This is now kept at Echmiadzin Cathedral in Vagharshapat, Armenia. The complex was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000 CE.
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Caves of the monks, with carved rock panels, monastery of Geghard in Armenia.
Geghard monastery in Kotayk, Armenia.
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
Sindre Langmoen, July 2016