Doliskana
Doliskana Monastery | |
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დოლისყანის მონასტერი | |
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[edit]
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[edit]
Bibliography[edit]
- 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
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