Dame Cathedral ქუთაისი (ბაგრატი), XI საუკუნის

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The construction of Bagrati Cathedral, named after Bagrat III, the first king of united Georgia, started at the end of X century and was completed in the first years of the XI-th. He was consecrated in honor of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin. Council did not live up to the present day - the time of the earthquake and did not spare him. But its ruins are still preserved on the plateau overlooking the old Kutaisi. They are on the hill and are Ukimerioni cultural monument goroda.Hram Bagrat was a special place where the whole intellectual life was centered ancestors, and in addition, it observed all the great events of the time, and there could find protection from the enemy. The cathedral was not only a spiritual purpose, but is also seen as a symbol of united Georgian nation.