The Çoruh Valley is astonishingly rich in medieval art and architecture which holds art lovers spellbound. During the Middle Ages,the region was home to the Georgian principality of Tao-Klarjeti. From the beginning of the 9th until the first quarter of the 11th century, the rulers of independent feudal principalities constructed structures that were monumental in scale and inventive in design, testaments to the existence of a high civilisation which is now largely forgotten.
The Çoruh Valley is astonishingly rich in medieval art and architecture which holds art lovers spellbound. During the Middle Ages,the region was home to the Georgian principality of Tao-Klarjeti. From the beginning of the 9th until the first quarter of the 11th century, the rulers of independent feudal principalities constructed structures that were monumental in scale and inventive in design, testaments to the existence of a high civilisation which is now largely forgotten.