Gelati Monastery
Gelati is a medieval monastic complex near Kutaisi in the Imereti region of western Georgia. One of the first monasteries in Georgia, it was founded in 1106 by King David IV of Georgia as a monastic and educational center.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Georgian Orthodox
- Description: monastery in Georgia, Caucasus
- Also known as: “Gelati Monastery Complex”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Godogani and Kutaisi.
Godogani
Village
Godogani is a village in Terjola Municipality, Imereti, in west-central Georgia. It is the location of the Sakazhia Cave Natural Monument. Godogani is situated 4 km south of Gelati Monastery.
Kutaisi
Photo: Roberto Strauss, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kutaisi is a city in the Rioni Region of Georgia. The city is very cinematographic and charming, and a visit to Kutaisi is almost mandatory to see the Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery, which are UNESCO World Heritage sites and offer views from the mountain slopes over the city and the Rioni River.
Rioni
Village
Photo: M., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rioni is a village, which is situated 7 km northwest of Gelati Monastery.
Gelati Monastery
- Categories: monastery, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Georgia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
42.29455° or 42° 17′ 40″ northLongitude
42.76805° or 42° 46′ 5″ eastElevation
253 metres (830 feet)Open location code
8HJ47QV9+R6OpenStreetMap ID
way 660896493OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=georgian_orthodoxGeoNames ID
10377147Wikidata ID
Q679979
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In Other Languages
From Abkhazian to Western Frisian—“Gelati Monastery” goes by many names.
- Abkhazian: “Гелаҭтәи аберҭыԥ”
- Albanian: “Manastiri i Gelatit”
- Arabic: “دير غيلاتي”
- Armenian: “Գելաթի Սուրբ Աստվածածին վանք”
- Armenian: “Գելաթի վանք”
- Azerbaijani: “Gelati monastırı”
- Bashkir: “Гелати монастыры”
- Basque: “Gelati monasterioa”
- Belarusian: “Гелацкі манастыр”
- Bulgarian: “Гелати”
- Catalan: “Guelati”
- Catalan: “Guèlati”
- Catalan: “monestir de Gelati”
- Catalan: “monestir de Guelati”
- Catalan: “Monestir de Guelati”
- Catalan: “monestir de Guèlati”
- Chinese: “格拉特修道院”
- Croatian: “Gelati”
- Croatian: “Samostan Gelati”
- Czech: “Klášter Gelati”
- Dutch: “Gelatiklooster”
- Dutch: “Klooster van Gelati”
- Erzya: “Гелатонь монастыресь”
- Esperanto: “Monaĥejo Gelati”
- Finnish: “Gelatin luostari”
- French: “Guélati”
- French: “Monastere de Ghelati”
- French: “monastère de Ghélati”
- French: “Monastère de Ghélati”
- Georgian: “გელათის მონასტერი”
- Georgian: “გელათის სამონასტრო ანსამბლი”
- German: “Gelati”
- German: “Kloster Gelati”
- Greek: “Μοναστήρι Γκελάτι”
- Greek: “Μοναστήρι του Γκελάτι”
- Hebrew: “אקדמיית גלאתי”
- Hebrew: “גלאתי”
- Hebrew: “מנזר גלאתי”
- Hungarian: “Gelati kolostor”
- Indonesian: “Biara Gelati”
- Italian: “Monastero di Gelati”
- Japanese: “ゲラティ修道院”
- Korean: “겔라티 수도원”
- Latvian: “Gelati klosteris”
- Lithuanian: “Gelačio vienuolynas”
- Malayalam: “ഗെലാറ്റി മൊണാസ്ട്രി”
- Maltese: “Monasteru ta‘ Gelati”
- Maltese: “Monasteru ta’ Gelati”
- Mingrelian: “გელათიშ მონასტერი”
- Mongolian: “Гелат хийд”
- Ossetian: “Гелаты моладзандон”
- Persian: “صومعه گلاتی”
- Persian: “گلاتی”
- Polish: “Gelati”
- Polish: “Monastyr Gelati”
- Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Gelati”
- Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Ghélati”
- Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Guelati”
- Russian: “Гелати”
- Russian: “Гелатская академия”
- Russian: “Гелатский монастырь Богородицы”
- Russian: “Гелатский монастырь”
- Serbian: “Гелати”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Gelati”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Samostan Gelati”
- Slovak: “Kláštor Gelati”
- Slovak: “Monastier Gelati”
- Slovenian: “Samostan Gelati”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Gelati”
- Swedish: “Gelatiklostret”
- Tatar: “Гелати кәшишханәсе”
- Turkish: “Gelati Manastırı”
- Ukrainian: “Гелатський монастир”
- Vietnamese: “Tu viện Gelati”
- Western Frisian: “Kleaster fan Gelati”
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