Akhali (New) Shuamta, Telavi
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New Shuamta Monastery lies near Telavi, on the wooded slope of Tsivgombori mountain. The Monastery got its name because of its site –it is surrounded from three sides by the mountains. ,,Shuamta’’ means – among the mountains. The monastery was founded in the XVI century by the king of Kakheti Levan and his wife Tinatin. Queen Tinatin was tonsured a nun in the same monastery and is buried there.
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