The Jvari Temple
At the dawn of Christianity king Mirian gave an order to erect wooden cross on the mount situated in front of the
ancient capital of Georgia - Mtskheta. Later on this place in 586-604 there was built one of the most popular
architectural monuments in Georgia - Jvari (Cross). The composing centre of the buildingis square and the dome
rests on the eight angles. The architecturally ornamented cathedral with figure reliefs, its forms, proportions and
colour harmonically merges into the environment. The Jvari Temple crowns the mountain at the confluence of the
Mtkvari and Aragvi Rivers. It is an outstanding creation of medieval Georgian architecture, distinguished for the
harmony of architectural forms and the strictness and clearness of the general composition.