Tigva Monastery
| Tigva Monastery | |
|---|---|
The Tigva church, c. 1890 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Georgian Orthodox Church |
| Location | |
| Location | Tigva, South Ossetia/Shida Kartli, Georgia |
| Geographic coordinates | 42°11′54″N 43°45′37″E / 42.198333°N 43.760278°E |
| Architecture | |
| Type | cross-in-square church |
| Completed | 1152 |
The Tigva Monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God (Georgian: თიღვის მონასტერი) is a medieval Georgian Orthodox monastic church at the village of Tigva in the Prone river valley in what is now the disputed territory of South Ossetia. The monastery building is a domed cross-in-square design. It was founded by Tamar, daughter of King David IV of Georgia, who is commemorated in a Georgian inscription dated to 1152.