Tbeti Monastery

The Monastery of the Virgin Mary of Tbeti (Georgian:ტბეთის ეკლესია) is a ruined medieval Georgian Orthodox monastery. It was built in the historical territory of Georgia, and is now found in Turkey. It is located on the banks of the Imerkhevi river, and is 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) away from the present-day city of Şavşat. The Tbeti Monastery was an important cultural and literary center of medieval Georgia, where many hagiographic works were written by the monks living in the monastery. The monastery was made up of several buildings, of which only the ruins of the main temple remain to this day. A Muslim mosque was also operated within the temple grounds, until the end of the 19th century.