 Svetitskhoveli Cathedral

The Svetitskhoveli Cathedral (, "svet'icxovlis sak'atedro t'adzari"; literally the Cathedral of the Living Pillar) is an Orthodox Christian cathedral located in the historic town of Mtskheta, Georgia, to the northwest of the Georgian capital Tbilisi.A masterpiece of the Early and High Middle Ages, Svetitskhoveli is recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.