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This article lists the sites registered with World Heritage in Armenia.

Understand

THE'Armenia ratify the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage on September 5, 1993. The first protected site was inscribed in 1996 during the 20^e session of the World Heritage Committee.

THE'Armenia has 3 sites registered with World Heritage, all of cultural type.

The country has also submitted 4 sites to the tentative list, 2 cultural and 2 mixed.

Listing

The following sites are listed as World Heritage.

Site	Type	Criterion	Description	Drawing
40.157844.29191 Cathedral and churches of Etchmiadzin And the 40.163644.40322 Zvarnotz archaeological site	Cultural	(ii), (iii)	The cathedral and churches of Etchmiadzin, as well as the archaeological remains of Zvarnotz vividly illustrate the development and development of the Armenian hall church with a central dome and cruciform plan, which profoundly influenced the architectural and artistic development. of this region.	UNESCO sheet
40.15944.7973 Gherart monastery and the upper Azat valley	Cultural	(ii)	Gherart Monastery is home to a number of churches and tombs - mostly troglodyte - representative of the heyday of medieval Armenian architecture. This set of medieval buildings located in the middle of the escarpments, at the entrance to the Azat Valley, is part of a landscape of great natural beauty.	UNESCO sheet
the 41.083244.74 Haghbat Monastery And the 41.08744.66615 Sanahin Monastery	Cultural	(ii), (iv)	These two Byzantine monasteries located in the Tumanian region and dating from the prosperity period of the Kiurikian dynasty (Xe ‑ XIIIe century) were important centers for the dissemination of culture. Sanahin was famous for its school of illumination and calligraphy. The two monastic complexes represent the most remarkable architectural manifestation of Armenian religious art, born from the alliance of elements of Byzantine religious architecture and the traditional vernacular architecture of this region of the Caucasus.	UNESCO sheet
Criteria legend (i) Represent a masterpiece of human creative genius. (ii) To testify to a considerable exchange of influences during a given period or in a specific cultural area, on the development of architecture or technology, monumental arts, city planning or the creation of landscapes. (iii) To bring a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or a living or disappeared civilization. (iv) To be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates one or more significant periods in human history. (v) Be a prominent example of traditional human settlement, traditional use of land or sea. (vi) To be directly or materially associated with events or living traditions, ideas, beliefs or artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance. (vii) Represent natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance. (viii) To be eminently representative examples of the great stages in the history of the Earth. (ix) To be eminently representative examples of ecological and biological processes underway in the evolution and development of ecosystems. (x) Contain the most representative natural habitats and the most important for conservation in situ of biological diversity.

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