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Djvari Monestary Jvari Monastery (6th century) stands on the rocky mountaintop at the confluence of the Mtkvari and Aragvi rivers, overlooking the town of Mtskheta, which was formerly the capital of the Kingdom of Iberia. According to traditional accounts, on this location in the early 4th century Saint Nino, a female evangelist credited with converting King Mirian III of Iberia to Christianity, erected a large wooden cross on the site of a pagan temple. The cross was reportedly able to work miracles and therefore drew pilgrims from all over the Caucasus.A small church was erected over the remnants of the wooden cross in c.545 named the "Small Church of Jvari". The present building, or "Great Church of Jvari", is generally held to have been built between 590 and 605 by Erismtavari Stepanoz I. This is based on an inscription on its facade which mentions the principal builders of the church: Stephanos the patricius, Demetrius the hypatos, and Adarnase the hypatos. Professor Cyril Toumanoff disagrees with this view, identifying these individuals as Stepanoz II, Demetre (brother of Stepanoz I), and Adarnase II (son of Stepanoz II), respectively. Jvari was listed together with other monuments of Mtskheta in 1994 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. However, over the centuries the structures suffered damage from rain and wind erosion and inadequate maintenance. Jvari was listed in the 2004 World Monuments Watch list by the World Monuments Fund. |
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Date | Taken on 7 October 2006 | ||
Source | https://web.archive.org/web/20161012184422/http://www.panoramio.com/photo/11172769 | ||
Author | Art Anderson | ||
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This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. Attribution: Art Anderson
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Camera location | 41° 50′ 17.07″ N, 44° 44′ 04.25″ E | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 41.838075; 44.734515 |
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Camera manufacturer | Canon |
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Camera model | Canon PowerShot S200 |
Exposure time | 1/250 sec (0.004) |
F-number | f/7.1 |
Date and time of data generation | 17:40, 7 October 2006 |
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File change date and time | 17:40, 7 October 2006 |
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Date and time of digitizing | 17:40, 7 October 2006 |
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