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The Cathedral of the Dormition, or the Kutaisi Cathedral, greater normally known as Bagrati Cathedral, is an 11th-century cathedral within the town of Kutaisi, inside the Imereti area of Georgia. A masterpiece of the medieval Georgian architecture, the cathedral suffered heavy harm at some stage in centuries and turned into reconstructed to its gift country through a slow procedure starting inside the 1950s, with main conservation works concluding in 2012.

A distinct landmark within the scenery of principal Kutaisi, the cathedral rests at the Ukimerioni Hill. Bagrati Cathedral was constructed inside the early years of the 11th century, at some point of the reign of King Bagrat III, due to which it changed into known as "Bagrati", i.E., Bagrat’s cathedral. An inscription on the north wall well-knownshows that the floor was laid in "chronicon 223", i.E., 1003. In 1692, it was devastated in an explosion by using Ottoman troops who had invaded the Kingdom of Imereti. The incident induced the cupola and ceiling to disintegrate.

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