Iqalto monastery
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| place | Kakheti ( Georgia ) | |
| Coordinates | 41 ° 56 '14.4 " N , 45 ° 22' 50.8" E | |
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Iqalto Monastery and Academy of Iqalto was a Georgian academy and monastery near Telavi , in the Kakheti region .
The monastery was founded in the second half of the 6th century by Zenon Iqaltoeli (German: "who comes from Iqalto"), a Christian founder of religion who was one of the so-called 13 Syrian fathers. He is said to be buried there too.
In the 12th century the theologian Arsen Iqaltoeli founded the academy on behalf of the Georgian King David the Builder . He was trained at the Academy of Mangana in Constantinople and initially worked in the somewhat older Academy of Gelati together with Johannes Petrizi . The academy was the cultural center of Georgia for centuries. She taught theology, philosophy, astronomy, rhetoric, law, and mathematics. Viticulture and blacksmithing were also carried out on the site. 1616, the Academy was Shah Abbas I. destroyed.
In 1938 the area was examined archaeologically. 59 building remains were found, several craft businesses and a wine press . Today there are three churches and the ruins of the academy on the site. The main church, Chwtaeba (German: "Holy Spirit"), dates from the 8th century. As a result of numerous renovations, additional buildings, some of which are no longer preserved, were created in more recent construction phases. Field stones and rubble stones were used for construction.
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Individual evidence
- ^ Iqalto . In: Nodar Janberidze, Irakli Tsitsishwili: Architectural Monuments of Georgia . Strojizdat, Moscow 1996, pp. 288-291 ISBN 5-274-02223-5