Church of the Virgin, 1106; Churches of St. George and St. Nicholas, 13th century
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name: Gelati Monastery
Type
Cultural
Criteria
iv
Designated
1994 (18th session)
Reference no.
710
Region
Europe and North America[1]
Immovable Cultural Monument of National Significance of Georgia
Official name: Gelati Monastery
Designated
November 7, 2006; 17 years ago (2006-11-07)
Reference no.
875
Item Number in Cultural Heritage Portal
8550
Date of entry in the registry
October 3, 2007; 16 years ago (2007-10-03)
Gelati (Georgian: გელათის მონასტერი) is a medieval monastic complex near Kutaisi in the Imereti region of western Georgia. One of the first monasteries in Georgia,[2] it was founded in 1106 by King David IV of Georgia as a monastic and educational center.
The monastery is an exemplar of the Georgian Golden Age and a gold aesthetic is employed in the paintings and buildings.[3] It was built to celebrate Orthodox Christian faith in Georgia.[4] Some murals found inside the Gelati Monastery church date back to the 12th century.[5] The monastery was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994 because of its outstanding architecture and its importance as an educational and scientific center in medieval Georgia.[6]
^Europe and North America, UNESCO, 2021
^Kaufhold, Hubert (2011). "Gelati Monastery". Religion Past and Present. doi:10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_SIM_08287.
^Centre, U.W.H. (n.d.). Gelati Monastery, Georgia, removed from UNESCO’s List of World Heritage in Danger. [online] UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Available at: https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/1692
^Calma, Dragos (2020). Reading Proclus and the Book of Causes, Volume 2. Dublin: University College Dublin.
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remains were transferred to the cathedral of Mtskheta and later to the GelatiMonastery, a family burial ground of the Georgian royal dynasty. The traditional...
anyone coming to his beloved Gelati Academy stepped on his tomb first. A tombstone at the entrance of Gelatimonastery, bearing a Georgian inscription...
brought the iron gate of the defeated city to Georgia and donated it to GelatiMonastery at Kutaisi. Despite this brilliant victory, Demetrius could hold Ganja...
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He was succeeded by his only son, David IX. He was buried at the GelatiMonastery near Kutaisi, western Georgia. The identity of his wife is not known...
religious architecture of the time include the GelatiMonastery and Bagrati Cathedral in Kutaisi, the Ikalto Monastery complex and Academy, and the Svetitskhoveli...
in 1184, and was succeeded by his daughter Tamar. He was buried at GelatiMonastery, western Georgia. In ca. 1155, George married Burdukhan (Gurandukht)...
reconstruction detrimental to its integrity and authenticity. Both it and GelatiMonastery were inscribed as a joint World Heritage Site in 1994, then added to...
"Fresco of the King of the South-Eastern Chapel of the Main Church of GelatiMonastery Materials for Possible Identification". Humanitarian Studies. 2. Tbilisi...
Abkhazia (hence, the name of the Catholicate), but was moved to the GelatiMonastery in Imereti in the late 16th century. In 1814, the office of the Catholicos...
Patriarchate sung according to the tradition of the Gelatimonastery: "Georgian cherubikon (school of GelatiMonastery)". Ensemble Shavnabada. Archived from the...
Christian and Byzantine overtones. As part of this effort, he founded the GelatiMonastery, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which became an important center of...
Rusudan Fresco inside Gelatimonastery thought to be showing queen Rusudan of Georgia. Queen of Georgia (more...) Reign 1223–1245 Predecessor George IV...
died prematurely, was taken to West Georgia and he was buried at the GelatiMonastery near the city of Kutaisi. His cousin, David VIII, succeeded as the...
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riding the lion, 11th century silver plate gilded with gold from the GelatiMonastery. The denomination numeral “10” on the right hand of the coin, and the...
founded in the 6th century Vardzia. A cave monastery site in southern Georgia GelatiMonastery. The monastery contains the Church of the Virgin founded...
in Georgia in 1357. David died in 1360 in Geguti. He is buried in GelatiMonastery, he succeeded by his son, Bagrat V the Great. He was married to Sindukhtar...
foreign domination. In 1442, he abdicated the throne and retired to a monastery. Alexander was the eldest son of Constantine I of Georgia and his wife...
creation of many works of religious devotion. These included churches and monasteries, works of art such as icons, and hagiographies of Georgian saints. Today...
Anonymous, c. 1230, Mileseva Monastery, Republic of Serbia Archangel Gabriel. Part of the mosaic fresco from GelatiMonastery, Georgia c. 12th century Archangel...
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