page_title: Nekresi monastery
section_title: Bishop's palace and other structures
hierarchical_section_title: Nekresi monastery / Layout / Bishop's palace and other structures
caption_attribution_description: ქართული: ღვთისმშობლის მიძინების სამეკლესიანი ბაზილიკა This is a photo of a monument in Georgia identified by the ID 1430
context_page_description: The Nekresi monastery is a Georgian Orthodox monastery in the eastern Georgian region of Kakheti, founded in the 6th century. Perched on one of the easternmost spurs of the Greater Caucasus crest, the monastery is part of the larger historic site of Nekresi, once a flourishing town of the Late Antiquity. In medieval Georgian literary tradition, beginnings of monasticism at Nekresi is associated with the 6th-century monk Abibos, known for Christian proselytizing and combating Zoroastrianism. The monastery was closed down shortly after the Imperial Russian takeover of the Georgian church in 1811. After a hiatus of nearly two centuries, the monastery became functional again in 2000.
  The Nekresi monastery tops a wooded hillock known as Nazvrevi Gora in the eastern portion of the Nekresi site, some 3.7 km east as the crow flies from the modern village of Shilda, Qvareli Municipality.
context_section_description: The bishop's palace is a two-storey building, standing a few metres southwest of the church of the Dormition. The windows on both floors have sharply defined horseshoe-shaped arches, an architectural element not in use in Georgia after the 9th–10th century. The rooms are arranged in an enfilade. The ground floor is almost completely occupied by a wine cellar, with a large rectangular stone winepress in its northern part and a number of wine-jars (kvevri) buried underground. The ceiling is supported by an octagonal column in the centre. A two-flight staircase leads up to a terrace, which then continues into the main chamber of the upper floor. The building was roofed by wooden beams supporting terracotta tiles. To the east, the palace is adjoined by a one-story vaulted building thought to have been a refectory on account of its location next to the wine cellar. 
  Adjacent to the north wall is a three-storey defensive tower built in the 16th century. It is built upon an earlier rectangular structure with a water reservoir and is equipped with embrasures. Its uppermost floor, with larger openings, was also used as a belfry.
caption: Parts of the monastery complex: the bishop's palace (right), mortuary chapel (left), refectory (left, foreground), and tower (right, background).
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