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Five monks still live in this mountain. Every morning at seven they ring the bell in the high arch.
Five monks still live in this mountain. Every morning at seven they ring the bell in the high arch.
Rat'i Surameli, Duke of Javakheti and Kartli, wearing a sharbush and a front-opening qaba with tiraz, slightly before 1186, Vardzia, southern Georgia,
Rat'i Surameli, Duke of Javakheti and Kartli, wearing a sharbush and a front-opening qaba with tiraz, slightly before 1186, Vardzia, southern Georgia, Inv. No. 5246-262.
Tamar in the Church of the Dormition, with a model of the church; an aetiological myth has the young Tamar, when out hunting with Giorgi, lost in the
Tamar in the Church of the Dormition, with a model of the church; an aetiological myth has the young Tamar, when out hunting with Giorgi, lost in the caves; when called for, she replied "I am here, uncle" (Georgian: აქ ვარ ძია) "ak var dzia", giving the site its name
View to the apse and iconostasis or screen decorated with icons that separates the nave from the sanctuary
View to the apse and iconostasis or screen decorated with icons that separates the nave from the sanctuary
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Fresco at the church of Dormition in Vardzia
Fresco at the church of Dormition in Vardzia
Tamar (left) and George III (right). The earliest surviving portrait of Tamar from the church of the Dormition at Vardzia, c. 1184–1186.
Tamar (left) and George III (right). The earliest surviving portrait of Tamar from the church of the Dormition at Vardzia, c. 1184–1186.
Tamar as depicted on a 13th-century mural from the Kintsvisi monastery.
Tamar as depicted on a 13th-century mural from the Kintsvisi monastery.
The Iviron monastery on Mount Athos, a major center of Christian culture favored by the Georgian crown.
The Iviron monastery on Mount Athos, a major center of Christian culture favored by the Georgian crown.