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Samtavro Monastery

Samtavro Monastery is a Georgian Orthodox Christian monastery complex that combines Samtavro Transfiguration Church and Nunnery of St. Nino in , .
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  • Type: Religious organization
  • Denomination: Georgian Orthodox
  • Description: Georgian Orthodox Christian monastery complex

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Svetitskhoveli Cathedral and Mikheil Mamulashvili Garden.

Church
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The is an Orthodox Christian cathedral located in the historic town of , , to the northwest of the Georgian capital . is situated 490 metres southeast of Samtavro Monastery.

Garden
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is situated 410 metres southeast of Samtavro Monastery.

Church
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is a sixth-century Orthodox monastery near , eastern Georgia. Jvari is a rare case of an Early Medieval Georgian church that has survived to the present day almost unchanged. is situated 1½ km southeast of Samtavro Monastery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mtskheta and Tsitsamuri.

Photo: Kober, Public domain.
is a town with a population of about 8,000 people 15 km north of in the region of .

Village
is a small village outside , . It is known as the place where the nation's famous writer and poet, Ilia Chavchavadze, was assassinated in 1907.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 4½ km northwest of Samtavro Monastery.

Samtavro Monastery

Latitude
41.84624° or 41° 50′ 47″ north
Longitude
44.71836° or 44° 43′ 6″ east
Open location code
8HH6RPW9+F8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1229791307
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­religious
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­georgian_orthodox
Wiki­data ID
Q2038190
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Samtavro Monastery” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Manastiri Samtavro”
  • Armenian: “Սամտավրոյի վանք”
  • Azerbaijani: “Samtavro monastırı”
  • Bashkir: “Самтавро монастыры”
  • Belarusian: “манастыр Самтаўра”
  • Catalan: “Monestir de Samtravo”
  • Chinese: “聖妮諾女子修道院”
  • Czech: “Klášter Samtavro”
  • Dutch: “Samtavro Transfiguration Orthodox Church”
  • Erzya: “Самтавро монастыресь”
  • French: “monastère de Samtavro”
  • French: “Monastère de Samtavro”
  • Georgian: “ზემო ეკლესია”
  • Georgian: “სამთავრო”
  • Georgian: “სამთავროს მონასტერი”
  • German: “Kloster Samtawro”
  • Greek: “Μοναστήρι του Σάμταβρο”
  • Italian: “Monastero di Samtavro”
  • Japanese: “サムタヴロ修道院”
  • Malayalam: “സാംതാവ്രോ സന്യാസിമഠം”
  • Ossetian: “Самтавройы моладзандон”
  • Persian: “صومعه سامتاورو”
  • Polish: “Monastyr Samtawro”
  • Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Samtavro”
  • Russian: “Монастырь Самтавро”
  • Russian: “Самтавро”
  • Serbian: “Манастирски комплекс Самтавро”
  • Slovenian: “Samostan Samtavro”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de Samtavro”
  • Turkish: “Samtavro Manastırı”
  • Ukrainian: “Монастир Самтавро”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Samtavro Transfiguration Church and Nunnery of St. Nino.

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