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Zarzma
The church at Zarzma was built between the C10th and C16th at a site that is associated with St. Basil, an C8th holy man. There is believed to have been a church on this site since the C8th and a miraculous C9th icon is also linked with the site. Fragments of this icon are still extant in the Art Museum in Tbilisi and in the Hermitage in St. Petersburg.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Architecture, C10th, C16th, C8th, C9th, Church, Georgia, Icon, Samtskhe-Javakheti, St. Basil, Zarzma
Sapara
The monastery of Sapara dates from the C13th-C14th. It is a metochion of the monastery of St. Saba in Palestine and is currently a seminary of the Georgian Orthodox Church.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Architecture, C13th-C14th, Church, Georgia, Metochion, Monastery, Palestine, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Sapara, St. Saba