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მარტყოფის მონასტერი / Martkopi Monastery

David IV, also known as David IV the Builder (Georgian: დავით IV აღმაშენებელი) (1073–1125), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was the 5th king of the Kingdom of Georgia from 1089 until his death in 1125. Popularly considered to be the greatest and most successful Georgian ruler in history and an original architect of the Georgian Golden Age, he succeeded in driving the Seljuk Turks out of the country, winning the Battle of Didgori in 1121.

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