Tigva Monastery

Tigva Monastery
The Tigva church, c. 1890
Religion
AffiliationGeorgian Orthodox Church
Location
LocationTigva, South Ossetia/Shida Kartli, Georgia
Tigva Monastery is located in Georgia
Tigva Monastery
Shown within Georgia
Geographic coordinates42°11′54″N 43°45′37″E / 42.198333°N 43.760278°E / 42.198333; 43.760278
Architecture
Typecross-in-square church
Completed1152

The Tigva Monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God (Georgian: თიღვის მონასტერი) is a medieval Georgian Orthodox monastic church at the village of Tigva in the Prone river valley in what is now the disputed territory of South Ossetia. The monastery building is a domed cross-in-square design. It was founded by Tamar, daughter of King David IV of Georgia, who is commemorated in a Georgian inscription dated to 1152.