TSALENDJIKHA CHURCH
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Typical Mingrelian church building housing the largest cycle of late Palaeologus Byzantine frescoes in Georgia.
Superbly located at the foot of the Svanétie chain, this carved grey stone building typical of the Mingréliennes churches was the cathedral of the. It was built from the th to the th century. Its interior is truly magnificent: it contains the largest cycle of frescoes in the late Byzantine Was style in Georgia, sometimes regarded as one of the best examples in the world of this style.
These frescoes of the th century were carried out by an artist from Constantinople, Cyrus Emmanuel Eugenicus, brought in especially by Vamek Dadiani. Tsalendjikha also contains the mortuary chapels of Dadiani princes. Nearby are the ruins of the castle of Des which was the main residence of the princes in the th and th centuries.
Transport. There are marchroutkas from Zugdidi (direction Moukhouri); But the taxi is easier, you should have 20 or 30 gel. About 30 minutes drive from Zugdidi.
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