page_title: Gelati Monastery
hierarchical_section_title: Gelati Monastery
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Gelati English: Gelati Monastery Suomi: Gelatin luostari Français&#160;: Monastère de Ghélati עברית: מנזר גלאתי Magyar: A Gelati kolostor, a Világörökség része Italiano: Monastero di Gelati ქართული: გელათის მონასტერი Nederlands: Gelatiklooster Polski: Monastyr Gelati Português: Mosteiro de Ghélati Русский: Гелатский монастырь Svenska: Gelatiklostret Türkçe: Gelati Manastırı, Gürcistan
context_page_description: Gelati is a medieval monastic complex near Kutaisi in the Imereti region of western Georgia. Gelati was founded in 1106 by King David IV of Georgia and is recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
  The Gelati Monastery is in Kutaisi, Imereti Province, Georgia and is considered to be one of the most significant monastic and educational centers of medieval Georgia. Inside the monastery there are murals and imagery surrounding the interior of the church dating back to the12th-17th centuries. It was one of the first monasteries in Georgia and adds to the Georgian culture.
  The monastery was built in the early decades of the Georgian Golden Age and is known for the use of gold aesthetic in their paintings and buildings. It was built to show how Christianity encompassed all of this land and that Georgia was filled with Christian gospel all around even high up in the mountains. As the monastery is covered in arches that stretch over mountains show how encompassing the monastery is over the mountains and over the hills.
context_section_description: Gelati (Georgian: გელათის მონასტერი) is a medieval monastic complex near Kutaisi in the Imereti region of western Georgia. Gelati was founded in 1106 by King David IV of Georgia and is recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
  The Gelati Monastery is in Kutaisi, Imereti Province, Georgia and is considered to be one of the most significant monastic and educational centers of medieval Georgia. Inside the monastery there are murals and imagery surrounding the interior of the church dating back to the12th-17th centuries. It was one of the first monasteries in Georgia and adds to the Georgian culture.
  The monastery was built in the early decades of the Georgian Golden Age and is known for the use of gold aesthetic in their paintings and buildings. It was built to show how Christianity encompassed all of this land and that Georgia was filled with Christian gospel all around even high up in the mountains. As the monastery is covered in arches that stretch over mountains show how encompassing the monastery is over the mountains and over the hills.
caption: The monastic complex of Gelati
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