Happy Sunday ! / Gelati monastery (Georgia) (Unesco world heritage)
The Gelati Monastery (near Kutaisi) was founded in 1106 by David IV "The Builder", King of Georgia at the time. It remained for a long time one of the main cultural and enlightening centers in old Georgia. It had an Academy which employed the most celebrated Georgian scientists, theologians and philosophers. The Gelati Monastery has preserved a great number of murals and manuscripts dating back to the 12th-17th centuries.
In 1994 the Gelati Monastery was recognized by the Unesco as a World Heritage Site and in 2010 it was inscribed on the list of World heritage in danger.
Happy Sunday ! / Gelati monastery (Georgia) (Unesco world heritage)
The Gelati Monastery (near Kutaisi) was founded in 1106 by David IV "The Builder", King of Georgia at the time. It remained for a long time one of the main cultural and enlightening centers in old Georgia. It had an Academy which employed the most celebrated Georgian scientists, theologians and philosophers. The Gelati Monastery has preserved a great number of murals and manuscripts dating back to the 12th-17th centuries.
In 1994 the Gelati Monastery was recognized by the Unesco as a World Heritage Site and in 2010 it was inscribed on the list of World heritage in danger.