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'''Ikalto''' is a
monastery complex near
Telavi, in the
Kakheti region of Eastern
Georgia. Founded in the
5th century it was the region's largest centre of culture and education at that time.
In the
11th-
12th centuries a famous Georgian ecclesiastical figure
Arsen Ikaltoeli ("Ikaltoeli" meaning "from Ikalto") founded the Academy here. Near the complex there are three churches and the ruins of this Academy. The principal of the three churches is the
8th-
9th century one, named ''Khvtaeba''.
== See also ==
*
Georgia
*
Culture of Georgia
*
History of Georgia
*
Georgian people
