The ensemble was constructed mainly between 1156 and 1203, during the reign of George III and his daughter queen Tamar at the southwestern border of Georgia. The monastery complex played an important ...

Georgia will not yield the David Gareja monastery which is located on the Georgian – Azerbaijani border to Azerbaijan, President of the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies, ...

The Davit Gareji monastery lies on the border between Azerbaijan and Georgia, but the two ex-Soviet countries both claim it lies within their territory. BBC Russian's Nina Akhmetelli reports.

Visitors to one of the Georgian Orthodox Church's most sacred sites were able on May 21 to visit the entire complex after the border agencies of Georgia and Azerbaijan reached an agreement on access.

The historic churches of Mtskheta, former capital of Georgia, are outstanding examples of medieval religious architecture in the Caucasus. They show the high artistic and cultural level attained by ...