Parekhi (Parekhta) Monastery (Region of Klarjeti)
The monastery complex of Parekhi (Parekhta) (georg. პარეხის (პარეხთა) მონასტერი, Tur. Parechi Manastiri) – located in the Georgian historical region- Klarjeti, in the rocky massif of the Karchkhali River Valley (georg. კარჩხალი) (now Duganala), east of the village of Parekhi (georg. პარეხი), Vilayet Artvini, Turkey. In the 9th-10th centuries Parekhi Monastery played an important role in the church-monastic and cultural-literary life of Georgia.
The monastery complex is located on a 150-meter horizontal ridge, partially carved into the rock and rising 80 meters above the valley. The upper part of the rock covers the monastery and makes it inaccessible. Several buildings of the complex have survived to this day. Among the most important buildings that have survived to this day are two churches, standing roughly parallel to each other and built on a specially constructed foundation, on stony gravel.
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