Tigva Monastery - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Tigva Monastery - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Tigva Monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God () is a medieval Georgian Orthodox monastic church at the village of Tigva in the Prone river valley in what is now the disputed territory of South Ossetia. The monastery building is a domed cross-in-square design. It was founded by Tamar, daughter of King David IV of Georgia, who is commemorated in a Georgian inscription dated to 1152. Read more on Wikipedia
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