UNESCO Sites

UNESCO Sites


Ushguli is a community of four villages located at the head of the Enguri gorge in Svaneti, Georgia. Recognized as the Upper Svaneti UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is known as one of the highest continuously inhabited settlements in Europe.

 

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Bagrati Cathedral is an 11 century cathedral located in city of Kutaisi, Imereti, Georgia.  The Cathedral is considered as masterpiece of medieval Georgian architecture. It suffered heavy damage in the course of the several centuries for that reason its reconstruction was initiated in 1950s. Finally the works were completed in 2012y. in 1994 Bagrati Cathedral, together with the Gelati Monastery, was included in UNESCO World Heritage Sites list as a single entity

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Gelati Monastery was found in 1106 by King David IV of Georgia. It is a monastic complex located Near the city of Kutaisi in Imereti region of western Georgia. The walls of the monastery have many medieval murals survived to the present days. During the Golden Ages Gelati was cultural and intellectual center of Georgia. The Academy of Gelati employed come of the most celebrated Georgian scientists, theologians and philosophers many of whom were previously active at various orthodox monasteries abroad. A great number of murals and manuscripts dating back to 12th to 17th centuries were preserved in Gelati Monasteri.

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The Svetitskhoveli Cathedral (the Cathedral of the Living Pillar) the second largest cathedral in Georgia located in the historic town of Mtskheta to the northwest of Tbilisi. Being a masterpiece of the Early and Middieaval architecture it was recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

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Jvari Monastery (Monastery of Cross) is a six-century Georgian Orthodox Monastery located atop of a Jvari hill near the town of Mtskheta.

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