Gelati Monastery Complex
"This is now a foreshadowing of the second Jerusalem in the whole East, a school of all virtue, an academy of instruction, another Athens but much superior to it in divine doctrines,” wrote the royal chronicler of King David. The allusion to Athens and Jerusalem must have stressed the importance of the Gelati Monastery as the centre of both secular and ecclesiastical knowledge, philosophy and theology.
About Committee
The Committee
In recent years, due to the analysis of the crisis that emerged concerning the physical state of the Gelati monastery complex, it became imperative to undertake immediate actions. This necessitated a modification in the action plan concerning the monument, entirely based on the provisions of the World Heritage Committee decision #44COM7B.47, and the recommendations from the report of the joint Wor...
Read MoreThe Committee Purpose
Objectives of the Committee:
Implement appropriate measures aimed at improving conditions of the Gelati Monastery Complex, which is under the ownership of the Georgian Patriarchate, its territory and the cultural heritage objects preserved in it; protect them from damage and destruction;
Maintain the qualities and features, as well as the setting of the Gelati Monastery Complex which determine its historica...
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NEWS
2024-10-05"Members of the International Advisory Council of the Gelati Rehabilitation Committee—Professor Francesca Pique, a conservationist of wall paintings at the University of Applied Sciences an...
2024-10-04Letter of condolences on the passing of Mr. Austin Nevin
We extend our heartfelt condolences on the passing of the international Advisory Board member -...
2024-09-30Reactive monitoring mission of the representatives of the World Heritage Center and its advisory bodies in Gelati
Representatives of the World Heritage Centre and its advisory bodies examined the rehabilitation wor...
2024-09-16
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ADVISORY BODIES
National Science Council
The National Scientific Council is staffed with highly qualified local experts of various profiles invited from all institutions in direct contact with the protection of cultural heritage in Georgia;
The National Scientific Council consists of cultural heritage protection experts of various pr...
Read MoreInternational Advisory Board
In accordance with the rehabilitation-conservation works to be carried out in the Gelati monastery complex, scientists of the international level, of the highest rank, have been invited to the international advisory board.
- The Council is the most important body giving recommendations, advices and...
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Official Documents
The Official Documents section contains materials related to the Gelati Monastery Complex, such as ● Plans, projects, and reports on the interventions carried out on the monument in the past years; relevant expert and monitoring reports on the state of conservation of the monument; ● Various graphic and photo documents; ● Legal acts concerning the status and classification of the Monastery ● Decisions issued within the framework of the World Heritage Convention and recommendations developed by the international experts The Official Documents section will be continuously updated to include the most recent developments on the Gelati Monastery Complex. This section will be useful for professionals working on these issues as well as for the general public who are interested in learning more about the ongoing rehabilitation and development processes of the Monastery Complex.
The third party report on the inspection of the entire temporary roofing works of the main church of the Gelati Monastery
- Gelati Salt analyses_Part II_University of Potsdam_Steffen Laue_2024_July
- Gelati Monastery Complex Condition Report Result of meteorological disaster of 5-6 February 2024
- GRC 6 months Activity Report
- WHC Decision: 45 COM 7B.54
- 12/07/2023 PLAN FOR STRUCTURAL INVESTIGATIONS AND MONITORING of the Gelati Monastery Main Church
Photo Gallery
