Georgian Orthodox Patriarch Ilia II has ordered the suspension of restoration work at the world-renowned Bagrati Cathedral. The announcement on June 18 by Georgia's State Agency for National Heritage ...

Bagrati cathedral, a world-renowned but crumbling masterpiece of mediaeval Georgian architecture, is suffering not only from wear and tear but also from the impact of human meddling. Keen to please ...

d) Major reconstruction of the structure of Bagrati Cathedral. November 2003, June 2008 and March 2010: Joint World Heritage Centre / ICOMOS reactive monitoring missions 2008 Report on the Joint World ...

The 11th-century Bagrati Cathedral is one of Georgia's most instantly recognizable national monuments. It has recently been the subject of some controversy because radical restoration work could ...

Grab from TV footage showing restored Bagrati Cathedral in Kutaisi on September 16. Two weeks before the parliamentary elections, senior opposition and ruling party representatives, including ...

The construction of Bagrati Cathedral, named after Bagrat III, the first king of united Georgia, started at the end of the 10th century and was completed in the early years of the 11th century.

Nestled high in the Caucasus a mere whisper from where Russian and Georgian troops fought in 2008, another conflict is raging. But instead of topography, this one is being fought over the legacy of ...

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates a location as a World Heritage Site if it has exceptional cultural or physical importance. Only four sites—the ...

In this episode of 'Postcards', we discover Bagrati Cathedral, the symbol of the city of Kutaisi, nearly 250 kilometres west of Tbilisi. It was built under the first Kingdom of Georgia, a period of ...

The historic cathedral is one of the main tourist attractions in the city of Kutaisi.