Mugudzirkhva Church
Mugudzyrkhva Church (Georgian: მუგუძირხვის ეკლესია) is a ruined medieval church near the village of Mugudzirkhva, Gudauta municipality, Abkhazia, an entity in the South Caucasus with a disputed political status. [2]
| Mugudzirkhva Church მუგუძირხვის ეკლესია(in Georgian) | |
|---|---|
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Georgian Orthodox |
| Province | Abkhazia[1] |
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | ruins |
| Location | |
| Location |  Mugudzirkhva, Gudauta Municipality, Abkhazia, Georgia |
  Shown within Abkhazia  Mugudzirkhva Church (Georgia) | |
| Geographic coordinates | 43°09′05″N 40°31′28″E |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Church |
| Completed | Middle Ages |
The ruins stand on a rocky hill in the Mchishta ravine. The ruined church was a hall-church design, its more or less preserved northern wall faced with limestone slabs. There are the remains of pilasters which once supported arches of the vault. The eastern wall with a protruding apse and the southern wall are almost completely ruined. Numerous shivers of roof tiles are scattered around the edifice.[3]
References
- The political status of Abkhazia is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Georgia in 1992, Abkhazia is formally recognised as an independent state by 5 UN member states (two other states recognised it but then withdrew their recognition), while Georgia continues to claim it as part of its own territory, designating it as Russian-occupied territory.
- Church in Mugudzirkhva village Historical monuments of Abkhazia — Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia.
- Voronov, Y. N. (1978). В мире архитектурных памятников Абхазии [In the world of architectural monuments of Abkhazia] (in Russian). Moscow: Iskusstvo. p. 70.
External links
- Mugudzirkhva Church. Historical monuments of Abkhazia — Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia.
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