Gelati

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Gelati monastery complex

Gelati ( Georgian გელათი ) is a monastery complex in western Georgia , not far from the city of Kutaisi . The monastery is one of the most important works of Georgian art and a UNESCO World Heritage Site .

Monastery and cathedral

Portraits of rulers on the north wall of the Church of Our Lady, right Dawit the builder

The name is derived from the Greek word Genati ("birth").

The most important kings and queens of Georgia , including Dawit the Builder , Queen Rusudan and King Bagrat, are buried in Gelati . The monastery also has an important collection of manuscripts from the 12th to 17th centuries. In addition to the monasteries of Opiza and Tbeti in what is now northeastern Turkey, Gelati owned the most famous Georgian workshop for gold and silversmiths in the 12th century.

Gelati was only a monastery until the 16th century , then from 1529 to 1820/2 a bishopric of the Georgian Orthodox Church (Catholic of Abkhazia ). The archbishop of Gelati was called Genateli . The cathedral is dedicated to Mary (mother of Jesus) .

The Gelati Academy, which belongs to the monastery , was founded by Dawit the Builder (king from 1089 to 1125) in 1106, following the example of the Academy of Constantinople . Important scholars such as Ioann Petritsi and Arsen Ikaltoeli worked here .

World Heritage

Due to the improper reconstruction of the Bagrati Cathedral , which was included in the World Heritage Site together with the Gelati Monastery , which influences the character of the entire complex, the World Heritage site was entered on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger in 2010 . In 2017, the Bagrati Cathedral was removed from the World Heritage Site and the remaining Gelati Monastery was removed from the red list.

gallery

  • St. George's Church

  • St. Nicholas Church

  • Bell tower

  • Cathedral of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary

  • Portal of the cathedral

  • Frescoes in the cathedral

See also

Web links

Commons : Gelati  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Edith Neubauer: Old Georgian architecture. Rock towns. Churches. Cave monasteries. Anton Schroll, Vienna / Munich 1976, p. 184.
  2. ^ Gelati Monastery, Georgia, removed from UNESCO's List of World Heritage in Danger. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, July 10, 2017, accessed July 10, 2017 .

Coordinates: 42 ° 15 ′ 42 ″  N , 42 ° 43 ′ 1 ″  E