Object description

The Iprari church of the Archangels, or Tarngzel as it is locally known, is an 11th-century church at the outskirts of the eponymous village in the Mestia Municipality in Georgia's region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti. The village is part of the highland historical and cultural region of Svaneti. Architecturally an unremarkable hall church, Iprari contains a set of frescoes painted by Tevdore in 1096, one of the high points of medieval Georgian monumental art. The church is inscribed on the list of the Immovable Cultural Monuments of National Significance of Georgia.