Gareja, Monastery of St. John the Baptist, Small church
Location: | Gareja Desert, Sighnaghi Municipality |
Place: | Georgia, Kakheti |
Dedication: | Unknown |
Category: | Rock-Cut |
Type: | Domeless Church, Hall church |
Date/Period: | 10th c. |
Renovation/Reconstruction: | |
Layers of the Murals: | One layer |
According to the fresco inscription near the composition of the Presentation, it is presumable that the church was built and soon decorated with murals by Father Superior Ioane Mamasakhlisi at the end of the tenth century.