Pitareti
Pitareti ( Georgian ფიტარეთი ) is a Georgian Orthodox monastery in the Georgian region of Niederkartlien , in the municipality of Tetrizqaro , in the Kzia Valley. It is located southwest of the Georgian capital Tbilisi , 26 kilometers southwest of the city of Tetrizqaro in the Chrami Gorge .
The Pitareti Monastery consists of the Theotokos Church, the bell tower, the ruined wall and several smaller monastic buildings. The main church of the monastery was built at the beginning of the 13th century by the Georgian King Giorgi IV. Lascha . The shape corresponds to today's canon of a Georgian domed church. The church of the Pitareti monastery is stylistically similar to the churches from the 12th – 13th centuries. Century, so the Betania , Kwatachewi , Timotessubani . The facades are decorated with ornaments and accented with niches and dormers . The entire interior of the church was once decorated with frescoes , of which only fragments remain today.
The dimensions of the church floor plan are 15 meters in length and 13 meters in width. The height of the structure is 23 meters.
The monastery became the property and burial place of the aristocratic Georgian family Kachibadze-Baratashvili, since 1536 their side line, the princes Orbelishvili.
literature
- P. Sakaraia: ქართული ხუროთმოძღვრება XI-XVIII სს. ( Georgian architecture from the 11th-18th centuries ). Tbilisi 1990, pp. 96-113.
Web links
- Pitareti , Monument.ge .
- Pitareti monastery . Georgian Parliament .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pitarethi . In: Nodar Janberidze, Irakli Tsitsishwili: Architectural Monuments of Georgia . Strojizdat, Moscow 1996, pp. 272-277 ISBN 5-274-02223-5
Coordinates: 41 ° 28 ′ 44 ″ N , 44 ° 19 ′ 11 ″ E