Tigva Monastery | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Georgian Orthodox Church |
Location | |
Location | Tigva, South Ossetia/Shida Kartli, Georgia |
Geographic coordinates | 42°11′54″N 43°45′37″E / 42.198333°N 43.760278°E |
Architecture | |
Type | cross-in-square church |
Completed | 1152 |
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.