Which monasteries are worth visiting first of all in Georgia. Gurjaani and Kvetara.

The Church of All Saints of Gurjaania is a complex architectural structure. Three types of building materials were used to build the temple: cobblestone, travertine and brick. In the XVII century. the temple was painted. During the late Middle Ages, the temple served as the tomb of Princes Andronikashvili and Georgadze. As a result of the invasion of the Iranian Shah Abas I, monastic life ceased, and was revived only in 1822. In 1938, the Church of All Saints was reconstructed.

The historical fortress city of Kakheti- Kvetara is located in the Akhmet district on the banks of the Ilto River. Kvetara was one of the centers of the Kakheti Principality (then the kingdom). In the chronicle "Kartlis tskhovreba" ("The Life of Georgia") Kvetara has been mentioned since the middle of the XI century, however, according to Vakhushti Bagrationi, it was founded in the VIII century. The conducted archaeological research confirms this version.

Kvetara is surrounded by a powerful fortress wall made of cobblestones and broken stone, in the walls of which buttresses and round and square towers are built. In the north-eastern part of the fortress, on the highest place, there is an acropolis, in which there was a palace and a church. The church of the Jvari type dates back to the first half of the X century. In all likelihood, it was a church for the royal family. The temple is ascetic, there are no ornaments and ornaments, it is covered with blue tiles.