Zarzma monastery
Orthodox Christian monastery in Zarzma, Georgia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Zarzma Monastery of Transfiguration (Georgian: ზარზმის მონასტერი, zarzmis p'erists'valebis monasteri) is a medieval Orthodox Christian monastery located at the village of Zarzma in Samtskhe-Javakheti region, southwest Georgia.
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Zarzma Monastery of Transfiguration Georgian: ზარზმის მონასტერი | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Georgian Orthodox Church |
Location | |
Location | village of Zarzma in Adigeni Municipality, Samtskhe-Javakheti region, Georgia |
Geographic coordinates | 41°40′47″N 42°39′14″E |
Architecture | |
Type | Church |
Style | cross-in-square |
Completed | Church: 8th century, renovated 14th century. |
Dome(s) | 1 |
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The Zarzma monastery is nested in the forested river valley of Kvabliani and its tributary Dzindze in the Adigeni municipality, 30 km west of the city of Akhaltsikhe. It is the complex of a series of buildings dominated by a domed church and a belfry, one of the largest in Georgia.[1]