Name: Ikalto Monastery
Address: Ikalto Academy Road, Georgia, GE

Ikalto Monastery is a place of worship, located at Ikalto Academy Road, Georgia

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Ikalto Academy Road

Added by Jopie, at 10 August 2016

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Anonymous

12 May 2018

Very beautiful place, quiet, calm. Very old monastery and churches.
Anonymous

02 May 2018

Excellent 💙
Anonymous

07 December 2017

Iqalto (Georgian: იყალთო) is a village about 10 km west of the town Telavi in the Kakheti region of Eastern Georgia. It is mostly known for its monastery complex and the Ikalto Academy.

The Ikalto monastery was founded by Saint Zenon, one of the 13 Syrian Fathers, in the late 6th century. It was known as one of the most significant cultural-scholastic centres of Georgia. An academy was founded at the monastery during king David the Builder by Arsen Ikaltoeli (Ikaltoeli meaning from Ikalto) in the early 12th century. The Academy of Ikalto trained its students in theology, rhetoric, astronomy, philosophy, geography, geometry chanting but also more practical skills such as pottery making, metal work, viticulture and wine making and pharmacology. According to a legend the famous 12th century Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli studied there.

There are three churches on the monastery grounds – Khvtaeba, Kvelatsminda and Sameba. The main church, Khvtaeba (Holy Spirit), was built in the 8th–9th century on the site of an older church (in which Saint Zenon had been buried). In 1616 the Persian invaders led by Shah Abbas I set the Ikalto Academy on fire and it ceased to exist.
Anonymous

21 October 2017

A beautiful restored monastery with a historic ancient school ruins attached with the property.
Anonymous

06 July 2017

Anciant academy and monastery
Anonymous

03 April 2017

Beautifully restored church and surrounds. I just love the old wineries attached to these places. It was raining when we visited so it gave everything a shiny appearance. Great stop.
Anonymous

28 March 2017

This is a great place with a big and interesting history.
Anonymous

27 February 2017

Ikalto monastery and historic Academy of Philosophy, Science and Winemaking.
Anonymous

30 August 2016

Small beauty place
Anonymous

17 August 2016

The Ikalto monastery was founded by Saint Zenon, one of the 13 Syrian Fathers, in the late 6th century.
There are three churches on the monastery grounds – Khvtaeba, Kvelatsminda and Sameba.
From Tbilisi, 92 km.