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Kvatakhevi
Sign in to savethumb|300px|Kvatakhevi Church Kvatakhevi () is a medieval Georgian Orthodox monastery in Shida Kartli, Georgia, about 5 km south east of the village Tsinarekhi and west of the nation’s capital of Tbilisi.
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- Instance of
- monastery
- Religion
- Georgian Orthodox Church
- Country
- Georgia (country)
- Located in
- Shida Kartli
- Image
- Kvatakhevi church (1).jpg
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- Kvatakhevi church
- inception
- 1101-01-17
- native label
- ქვათახევი
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thumb|300px|Kvatakhevi Church Kvatakhevi () is a medieval Georgian Orthodox monastery in Shida Kartli, Georgia, about 5 km south east of the village Tsinarekhi and west of the nation’s capital of Tbilisi.
The Kvatakhevi monastic complex is situated near the village Kavtiskhevi at the end of the gorge cut by a stream in the northern slopes of the Trialeti Range, protected on three sides by the steep mountain slopes. It dates to the 12th-13th century, and resembles the monasteries of Betania, Pitareti, and Timotesubani in its architectural form and decoration, reflecting a contemporary canon of a Georgian domed church architecture. The overall plan is nearly a square, with the dome resting upon 2 freely standing pillars and 2 pillars fused with the ledges of the altar. The internal space of the church is formed by the arms of the cross and the dome which surmounts the crossing point.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kvatakhevi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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