Parekhi

Parekhi (Georgian: პარეხი or პარეხთა) is a Georgian medieval Orthodox monastery in historical Medieval Georgian Kingdom of Klarjeti (modern-day Artvin Province of Turkey).

The monastery is an illustration of the activity of St. Gregory's followers. Founded in 840s as a hermitage, it soon turned into a coenobium. Monastic buildings are sheltered by a horizontal ledge and form an organic whole with the surrounding landscape. Two ninth-century churches, a single-nave structure and a basilica, stand in the middle of the monastery next to each other.

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Parekhi ranks #2,985 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #49 of the 51 mapped in Turkey. Founded 801, it is older than 97% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 21 atlas entries founded in the 9th century. See how Turkey compares in the castle statistics.

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