დმანისის სიონი | |
41°20′11″N 44°20′33″E / 41.336424°N 44.342581°E | |
Location | Dmanisi historic site Dmanisi Municipality, Kvemo Kartli, Georgia |
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Type | Three-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]
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