Key facts
- Affiliation
- Georgian Orthodox
- Location
- Mtskheta , Georgia
- Type
- Church
- Style
- Tetraconch
- Completed
- 586-605 AD , by King Stephen I of Kartli (Iberia)
- Height max
- 25 m
- Criteria
- iii, iv
- Designated
- 1994 (18th session )
- Region
- Caucasus
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- Image
- Georgia Jvari monastery IMG 9345 2070.jpg
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- Commons category
- Jvari monastery
- inception
- 0501-01-17
- native label
- ჯვარი
- Commons gallery
- ჯვარი
- directions
- ქ. მცხეთა, მიდამოები
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The name of this monastery translated as the "Monastery of the Cross". For other monasteries named after the cross, see Monastery of the Cross (disambiguation).
Jvari Monastery (Georgian: ჯვრის მონასტერი) is a sixth-century Georgian Orthodox monastery near Mtskheta, eastern Georgia. Jvari is a rare case of an Early Medieval Georgian church that has survived to the present day almost unchanged. The church became the founder of its type, the Jvari type of church architecture, prevalent in Georgia and Armenia. Built atop of Jvari Mount (656 m a.s.l.), the monastery is an example of harmonious connection with the natural environment, characteristic to medieval Georgian architecture. Along with other historic structures of Mtskheta, the monastery was listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1994.