Talk:Geghard

	Geghard is within the scope of WikiProject Armenia, an attempt to improve and better organize information in articles related or pertaining to Armenia and Armenians. If you would like to contribute or collaborate, you could edit the article attached to this page or visit the project page for further information.ArmeniaWikipedia:WikiProject ArmeniaTemplate:WikiProject ArmeniaArmenian articles
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.

Christianity Low‑importance

	Christianity portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Christianity, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Christianity on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.ChristianityWikipedia:WikiProject ChristianityTemplate:WikiProject ChristianityChristianity articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Oriental Orthodoxy

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Oriental Orthodoxy, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of articles on the Oriental Orthodox Church on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Oriental OrthodoxyWikipedia:WikiProject Oriental OrthodoxyTemplate:WikiProject Oriental OrthodoxyOriental Orthodoxy articles
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.

World Heritage Sites

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject World Heritage Sites, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of World Heritage Sites on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.World Heritage SitesWikipedia:WikiProject World Heritage SitesTemplate:WikiProject World Heritage SitesWorld Heritage Sites articles
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.

Citations

Someone with a ton of knowledge about this place probably want to put up some references for this article, for that it seems to be an interesting topic. Tighten-up some of paragraphs are also nice.--Balthazarduju 00:15, 28 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

photos

Sorry Serouj, I reverted your edit. The reason Geghard is a UNESCO site is because it is rock-cut, more than anything else. The top photo shows one of the rock-cut rooms very nicely, whereas the photo you were replacing it with is just another picture of a beautiful Armenian monastery (though a pixelated one at that). There are well over a hundred beautiful monasteries, but this is what makes Geghard special. The second photo you replaced showed the height of the sheer cliffs in the canyon, another very impressive feature. Much more impressive I think than a three-color flat closeup map mostly in Armenian showing the location. --RaffiKojian (talk) 21:42, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Raffi, good points, but I think we need a picture of the monastic complex itself in its appropriate section and we need a better shot of the interior (without the guy in the pic) :). Thanks. Serouj (talk) 03:27, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I just realized the first two pics are by you. Good job and thanks for sharing them. I found a better picture of the first on Flickr so I hope you don't mind my changing it... Serouj (talk) 03:30, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the new clean pic is better - it's great you found it. It was a really tough low light shot to capture, and you can imagine I was a bit disappointed a random guy was in my best pic :-) A general view of the monastery would be a nice addition, if I dig one up I'll upload it... --RaffiKojian (talk) 15:27, 16 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please don't speculate about why Geghard is a world heritage site. The decision itself clearly states: "The Committee decided to inscribe this property on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (ii): The Monastery of Geghard, with its remarkable rock-cut churches and tombs, is an exceptionally well preserved and complete example of medieval Armenian monastic architecture and decorative art, with many innovatory features which had a profound influence on subsequent developments in the region."

Thus, rock-cut is a special feature but not the only reason. I believe the present title image very well shows the overall arrangement of the buildings. --Bjs (talk) 11:35, 22 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]