Khakhuli Monastery

Khakhuli Monastery
ხახულის მონასტერი
Religion
AffiliationSunni Islam (formerly Georgian Orthodox)
Location
LocationBağbaşı village, province of Erzurum, Northeast Turkey (historic Georgian principality of Tao)
Architecture
TypeMonastery, Church
Styledomed church, croix libre type
Groundbreakingtenth century
Completedlate tenth / early eleventh century

Khakhuli Monastery (Georgian: ხახულის მონასტერი, Turkish: Haho/Bağbaşi) was a Georgian Orthodox monastery in historical Medieval Georgian Kingdom of Tao (modern-day Turkey), in one of the gorges of the Tortum river. The main church is now used as a mosque.

Khakhuli was a very important centre of literature and Georgian culture and many Georgian scholars and theologians studied and worked in Khakhuli including Basil of Khakhuli, Ioane Khakhuleli, Davit Tbileli, and Giorgi Mtatsmindeli.