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UNESCO World Heritage for Armenia |
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UNESCO World Heritage Sites represent some of the best natural, cultural and historic attractions in world travel. Below are details of the 3 cultural, natural and mixed sites inscribed for Armenia to date (a red World Heritage symbol denotes a site currently regarded as endangered). For more details of these properties, click on the links to the UNESCO website and the photographic galleries of these sites from OurPlace (where available) or see our highlights of Armenia for descriptions. Also, check out UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage for Armenia below.
 | 1996 - Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin | Cultural site | |
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| 2000 - Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley | Cultural site |
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| 2000 - Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots | Cultural site |
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Intangible Cultural Heritage
Recently UNESCO has begun to document the world's Intangible Cultural Heritage which includes "traditions or living expressions inherited from our ancestors and passed on to our descendants, such as oral traditions, performing arts, social practices, rituals, festive events, knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe or the knowledge and skills to produce traditional crafts". The current listings for Armenia are shown below - click on the links for more details.
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
 | 2008 - Duduk and its music |
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| 2010 - Armenian cross-stones art. Symbolism and craftsmanship of Khachkars |
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| 2012 - Performance of the Armenian epic of 'Daredevils of Sassoun' or 'David of Sassoun' |