Jvari Monastery

Jvari Monastery 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.
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  • Type: Monastery
  • Denomination: Georgian Orthodox
  • Description: monastery in Georgia (country)
  • Also known as: “Jvari”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Armazi and Svetitskhoveli Cathedral.

Photo: Alexxx1979, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a locale in , 4 km southwest of and 22 km northwest of . A part of historical Greater Mtskheta, it is a place where the ancient city of the same name and the original capital of the early Georgian kingdom of or Iberia was located. is situated 1 km west of Jvari Monastery.

Church
Photo: Supanut Arunoprayote, CC BY 4.0.
The is an Orthodox Christian cathedral located in the historic town of , , northwest of the Georgian capital . is situated 1¼ km northwest of Jvari Monastery.

Church
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is situated 1 km northwest of Jvari Monastery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mtskheta and Tsitsamuri.

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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.

Neighborhood
Photo: Gaga.vaa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a neighborhood, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Jvari Monastery.

Jvari Monastery

Latitude
41.83834° or 41° 50′ 18″ north
Longitude
44.73355° or 44° 44′ 1″ east
Open location code
8HH6RPQM+8C
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­georgian_orthodox
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q1262226
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Ukrainian—“Jvari Monastery” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Мцхеҭатәи Џьвари аберҭыԥ”
  • Albanian: “Manastiri i Jvarit”
  • Arabic: “دير جفاري”
  • Armenian: “Ջվարի (վանք)”
  • Armenian: “Ջվարի վանք”
  • Armenian: “Ջվարիի վանք”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cvari monastırı”
  • Bashkir: “Джвари монастыры”
  • Bashkir: “Джвари”
  • Basque: “Jvari monasterioa”
  • Belarusian: “Джвары (манастыр)”
  • Belarusian: “Джвары”
  • Belarusian: “Манастыр Джвары”
  • Bulgarian: “Джвари”
  • Catalan: “Djvari”
  • Catalan: “Monestir de Djvari”
  • Catalan: “Monestir de Jvari”
  • Chinese: “十字修道院”
  • Chinese: “吉瓦利修道院”
  • Croatian: “Džvari”
  • Czech: “Chrám Kříže (Džvari)”
  • Czech: “Klášter Džvari”
  • Dutch: “Dzjvariklooster”
  • Dutch: “Jvariklooster”
  • Dutch: “Klooster van Dzjvari”
  • Dutch: “Klooster van Jvari”
  • Erzya: “Джвари (монастыресь)”
  • Erzya: “Джвари”
  • Finnish: “Dzhvari”
  • Finnish: “Dzhvarin luostari”
  • Finnish: “Džvari”
  • Finnish: “Džvarin luostari”
  • Finnish: “Jvari”
  • French: “monastère de Djvari”
  • French: “Monastère de Djvari”
  • Georgian: “მცხეთის ჯვარი”
  • Georgian: “მცხეთის ჯვრის მონასტერი”
  • Georgian: “ჯვარი”
  • Georgian: “ჯვრის მონასტერი”
  • German: “Dschwari (Kloster)”
  • German: “Dschwari”
  • Greek: “Μοναστήρι του Τζβάρι”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית הצלב”
  • Hebrew: “מנזר ג’ווארי”
  • Hebrew: “מנזר הצלב”
  • Italian: “Monastero di Jvari”
  • Japanese: “ジワリ修道院”
  • Korean: “즈바리 수도원”
  • Ossetian: “Джвари (моладзандон)”
  • Ossetian: “Джвари”
  • Persian: “صومعه جواری”
  • Polish: “Dżwari”
  • Polish: “Jvari”
  • Polish: “Monastyr Dżwari”
  • Polish: “Monastyr Jvari”
  • Russian: “Джвари”
  • Russian: “Монастырь Джвари”
  • Serbian: “Џвари”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Džvari”
  • Slovenian: “Samostan Džvari”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de Jvari”
  • Tatar: “Джвари кәшишханәсе”
  • Turkish: “Cvari Manastırı”
  • Turkish: “jvari”
  • Ukrainian: “Джварі (храм Хреста)”
  • Ukrainian: “Джварі”

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