The Gelati   monastery had been founded with the aid of king david aghmashenebeli, in 1106 and you could see his grave at the southern quit of the cathedral at the primary front. The popular king David wanted to be buried in a place wherein everyone coming to the monastery would step on his grave and according to legend the headstone is the equal peak because the king himself.

For the duration of the 12- 13th centuries Gelati turned into the most important religious, instructional, scientific, and philosophical centres of Georgia. The complex includes the primary cathedral of the virgin, the church of saint George, a belfry and the academy constructing. In 1510 the monastery was set on fireplace through Turkish invaders, but it changed into quickly repaired and re-constructed.