Doliskana
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Doliskana Monastery | |
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დოლისყანის მონასტერი | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Georgian Orthodox |
Location | |
Location | Province of Artvin, Northeast Turkey (historic Georgian principality of Klarjeti) |
Architecture | |
Type | Monastery, Church |
Completed | tenth century |
Doliskana (Georgian: დოლისყანა, Turkish: Dolishane) is a medieval Georgian Orthodox monastery in the Medieval Georgian kingdom of Klarjeti (modern-day Artvin Province of Turkey). It was used as a mosque, now abandoned. Its construction was finished in the mid 10th century, during the rule of Sumbat I of Iberia. It is located high above the right bank of the Imerkhevi River.
The inscriptions
On the exterior walls of the church are several short inscriptions in Georgian Asomtavruli script. One mentions the prince and titular king Sumbat I of Iberia.[1] The inscriptions have been dated to the first half of the 10th century.[2]
References
Bibliography
- Marr, Nicholas, The Diary of travel in Shavsheti and Klarjeti, St. Petersburg, 1911
- Djobadze, Wachtang, Early medieval Georgian monasteries in historical Tao, Klarjeti and Shavsheti, 2007
- Shoshiashvili, N. Lapidary Inscriptions, I, Tbilisi, 1980
External links
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Coordinates: 41°09′57″N 41°57′08″E / 41.16583°N 41.95222°E
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