Khakhuli Monastery ხახულის მონასტერი | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Sunni Islam (formerly Georgian Orthodox) |
Location | |
Location | Bağbaşı village, province of Erzurum, Northeast Turkey (historic Georgian principality of Tao) |
Architecture | |
Type | Monastery, Church |
Style | domed church, croix libre type |
Groundbreaking | tenth century |
Completed | late 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.