Mount Ararat with the historic Khor Virap monastery visible at center-left

Khachkars

The 2010 UNESCO ICH inscription is premised on an active master-to-apprentice transmission chain. The listing file specifies the craft knowledge transmitted: the geometry of interlacing systems, proportional rules for cross placement, and the chisel techniques of stone preparation. Contemporary masters documented by the History Museum of Armenia continue this lineage today.

Source

Illuminate
Armenia

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