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Khakhuli Monastery

Also known as: Khakhuli Monastery Uzundere, Erzurum, Türkiye Serdarlı yolu, Tortum
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Georgian Orthodox monastery in historical Medieval Georgian Kingdom of Tao (modern-day Turkey), in one of the gorges of the Tortum river, whose main church is now reused as a mosque

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Khakhuli Monastery is a medieval Georgian Orthodox monastery in Uzundere district, Erzurum Province, set in one of the gorges of the Tortum river. It lay within the historical Georgian Kingdom of Tao (Tao-Klarjeti) and belongs to the Georgian architectural tradition. The walled complex includes a well-preserved domed basilica. The monastery's main church is now used as a mosque. The site is also known as Haho or Hahul in Turkish and as Chachuli in some transliterations of the Georgian name.

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Khakhuli Monastery (Georgian: ხახულის მონასტერი [χäχulis̪ mo̞n̪äs̪tʼe̞ɾi], Turkish: Haho/Bağbaşi) was a Georgian Orthodox monastery in historical Medieval Georgian Kingdom of Tao (modern-day Turkey), in one of the gorges of the Tortum river. The main church is now used as a mosque.

Khakhuli was a very important centre of literature and Georgian culture and many Georgian scholars and theologians studied and worked in Khakhuli including Basil of Khakhuli, Ioane Khakhuleli, Davit Tbileli, and Giorgi Mtatsmindeli.

Source: Wikipedia, article “Khakhuli Monastery”; quoted unchanged under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence. Read more on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0

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N 185°
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Coordinates 40.51250, 41.45510
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Last updated: 21 October 2026

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