Dmanisi Sioni cathedral

Dmanisi Sioni
დმანისის სიონი
Dmanisi Sioni cathedral.
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41°20′11″N 44°20′33″E / 41.336424°N 44.342581°E / 41.336424; 44.342581
LocationDmanisi historic site
Dmanisi Municipality, Kvemo Kartli, Georgia
TypeThree-church basilica / hall church

The Dmanisi cathedral of the Theotokos (Georgian: დმანისის ღვთისმშობლის სახელობის საკათედრო ტაძარი, romanized: dmanisis ghvtismshoblis sakhelobis sak'atedro t'adzari), commonly known as the Dmanisi Sioni church (დმანისის სიონი, dmanisis sioni) is an early medieval basilica located in the heart of the Dmanisi historic site, a ruined medieval town in Georgia's southern Kvemo Kartli region, perched on a promontory at the confluence of the Mashavera and Pinezauri rivers. The church has a three-bay nave, a prominently protruding apse, and a richly adorned narthex added in the early 13th century. The Sioni church is a functioning Georgian Orthodox church, renovated in 2009,[1] and protected by the state as an Immovable Cultural Monument of National Significance.[2]

  1. ^ Mikeladze, K. (2007). "Дманисский Сиони [Dmanisi Sioni]". Православная Энциклопедия, Т. 15 [Orthodox Encyclopaedia, vol. 15] (in Russian). Moscow. pp. 422–423. ISBN 978-5-89572-026-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ "List of Immovable Cultural Monuments" (PDF) (in Georgian). National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia. Retrieved 25 July 2019.