🛕 Tigva Monastery

Georgia · Europe · 42.20°N, 43.76°E

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.

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Country	Georgia
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	42.20°N, 43.76°E · view on map

Tigva Monastery is located in Georgia, in Europe.

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