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Sights of Armenia

1 January 2002
  • The monastery of Geghard was named after its most famous religious artifact, the lance that was said to have pierced the side of Christ. The complex has several cave-like buildings carved from solid granite. (OSCE/Sarah MacGregor)
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  • Overlooking lake Sevan, Armenia's largest fresh water lake, stand two 1000 year-old churches. (OSCE/Sarah MacGregor)
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  • Just a few kilometres from Yerevan sits the hellenistic temple Garni. The temple was rebuilt in the mid 1900s from the rubble it was left in after an earthquake over 300 years ago. (OSCE/Sarah MacGregor)
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  • The centre of the Armenia's capital city, Yerevan. (OSCE/Sarah MacGregor)
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  • The National Art Gallery lies in the centre of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. (OSCE/Sarah MacGregor)
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  • The tiny Katoghike church lays hidden behind apartment buildings in central Yerevan. It was saved when it was found within a larger church that was being demolished in Soviet times. (OSCE/Sarah MacGregor)
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  • Carpets hanging in Yerevan's central market. (OSCE/Sarah MacGregor)
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  • The towers of the main church at Echmiadzin. (OSCE/Alex Nitzsche)
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  • On the road from Lake Sevan to Yerevan, Armenia's capital city. (OSCE/Alex Nitzsche)
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  • An Armenian church on a hill above Lake Sevan in the north-east of Armenia. (OSCE/Alex Nitzsche)
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  • Echmiadzin's ubiquitous frescoes need regular care. (OSCE/Alex Nitzsche)
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  • Re-applying a new layer of gold leaf on one of the frescoes in Echmiadzin. (OSCE/Alex Nitzsche)
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  • Taking care of the gardens surrounding Echmiadzin, the centre of Armenia's church. (OSCE/Alex Nitzsche)
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  • Clouds coming down on Lake Sevan, Armenia's largest lake. (OSCE/Alex Nitzsche)
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  • A view of Mount Aragats on the way from Yerevan, Armenia's capital, to Vanadzor, the country's third-largest city. Gyumri is the second largest city. (OSCE/Alex Nitzsche)
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  • A religious service at Armenia's Echmiadzin monastery, February 2001. (Lubomir Kotek/OSCE)
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