Ambara church

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ამბარას ეკლესია (in Georgian)
Амбаратә уахәама (in Abkhazian)
Ambara church ruins in Abkhazia, 1899.jpg
Ruins of the Ambara church around 1899.
Religion
AffiliationGeorgian Orthodox
ProvinceAbkhazia[1]
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusruins
Location
LocationGeorgia (country) Miusera, Gudauta Municipality, Abkhazia, Georgia
Ambara church is located in Abkhazia
Ambara church
Shown within Abkhazia
Geographic coordinates43°08′37″N 40°29′23″E / 43.14361°N 40.48972°E / 43.14361; 40.48972Coordinates: 43°08′37″N 40°29′23″E / 43.14361°N 40.48972°E / 43.14361; 40.48972
Architecture
TypeChurch
Completed7–8th century, reconstructed in Late Middle Ages

The Ambara church (Georgian: ამბარას ეკლესია Abkhazian: Амбаратә уахәама) is located near village Myussera in the Gudauta District, Abkhazia/Georgia, on the cape of Miusera, close to the mouth of the Ambara stream.[2] Ambara three-nave basilica represents an important example of this type’s architectural monuments. Ambara church has been given the status of culture heritage monument.

History[]

The Ambara church complex consists of a half-ruined three-nave basilica (first built in 7–8th century), a stone fence (Middle Ages) and remains of several additional secular structures, dated by scholars from the 8th to the 10th century. The basilica has a roughly processed ashlar stone surface stones that have survived almost in its original form, a two-storey narthex and an upper gallery on the west facade. The main nave vault bears traces of the Late Medieval reconstruction.[3][4]

The Ambara church is one of the tourist destinations in Abkhazia. The area is reportedly increasingly being littered.[5] Georgia has inscribed the church on its list of cultural heritage and treats it as part of cultural heritage in the Russian-occupied territories with no known current state of condition.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Abkhazia is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Abkhazia and Georgia. The Republic of Abkhazia unilaterally declared independence on 23 July 1992, but Georgia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory and designates it as a territory occupied by Russia. Abkhazia has received formal recognition as an independent state from 7 out of 193 United Nations member states, 1 of which has subsequently withdrawn its recognition.
  2. ^ Ambara church in Miusera village Historical monuments of Abkhazia — Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia.
  3. ^ a b Gelenava, Irakli, ed. (2015). Cultural Heritage in Abkhazia (PDF). Tbilisi: Meridiani. p. 20.
  4. ^ Rcheulishvili, Levan (1988). Купольная архитектура VIII - X веков в Абхазии [Domed architecture of the 8th-10th centuries in Abkhazia] (in Russian). Tbilisi: Metsniereba. pp. 72–75.
  5. ^ Solovyeva, Y. (10 October 2013). "Цивилизация добралась и до урочища Амбара. Теперь и здесь мусор!". Respublika Abkhaziya. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
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