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შიო-მღვიმის მონასტერი / Shio-Mgvime Monastery. Frescos of Dormition church
The Church of Dormition was built around 1100 at the behest of David the Builder. It is also named the Upper Church (zemo eklesia). Now it is the central temple of the monastery. Initially, the temple had a dome, but during the invasion of Shah Abbas in 1614, the temple was destroyed and rebuilt only half a century later, in 1678. It was restored in a simplified form, like a basilica.
შიო-მღვიმის მონასტერი / Shio-Mgvime Monastery. Frescos of Dormition church
The Church of Dormition was built around 1100 at the behest of David the Builder. It is also named the Upper Church (zemo eklesia). Now it is the central temple of the monastery. Initially, the temple had a dome, but during the invasion of Shah Abbas in 1614, the temple was destroyed and rebuilt only half a century later, in 1678. It was restored in a simplified form, like a basilica.