The churches of St Mary and Marcus, St Peter and St Paul, and St George, mainly built between the 9th and 11th centuries, provide a panorama of early medieval monastic architecture in central Europe.

The church is typical of first-generation Cistercian architecture ... although they often incorporate substantial remnants from medieval buildings. The property also includes several post-monastic ...

The Gelati monastery, one of the largest medieval Orthodox monasteries, was also a centre of science ... quality combine to offer a vivid expression of the artistic idiom of the architecture of the ...