Martvili
Martvili
Photo of George Atatia
Photo of George Atatia
The Martvili monastery.
Martvili (Georgian: მარტვილი) is a small town in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti province of Western Georgia. Its monastery was Samegrelo's clerical centre in the Middle Ages. Under Soviet rule, from 1936 to 1990, it was named Gegechkori after the Old Bolshevik Sasha Gegechkori.
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Coordinates: 42°25′N 42°22′E / 42.417°N 42.367°E
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