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Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

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Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti ( Georgian: სამეგრელო-ზემო სვანეთი) is a region (Mkhare) in western Georgia with a population of 308,358 (2021) and a surface of . The region has Zugdidi as its administrative center, ...

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Mestia Municipality Mestia ( ka, მესტიის მუნიციპალიტეტი, ''Mesṫiis municiṗaliṫeṫi'') is a district of Georgia, in the region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti. Its main town is Mestia. It has an area of 3,045 km2 and h ...

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, in the

region of

. According to the data of 2014, 44 people live in the village. Village is 27 kilometres from the town of

Mestia Mestia ( ka, მესტია ) is a highland townlet ('' daba'') in northwest Georgia, at an elevation of in the Caucasus Mountains. General information Mestia is located in the Svaneti region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti province (''mkhare''), ...

.Adishi, Samegrelo-Zemo Svanetis Mkhare, Georgia

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History

The landscape of the village is dominated by a number of

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monuments, and the

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mountains. The important cultural sites of Adishi are: the Church of the Deliverer (10th–11th centuries), two churches of

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(12th century), the Church of the

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(12th century) and several typical

Svaneti Svaneti or Svanetia (Suania in ancient sources; ka, სვანეთი ) is a historic province in the northwestern part of Georgia (country), Georgia. It is inhabited by the Svans, an ethnic subgroup of Georgians. Geography Situated o ...

an towers. The well-known

Adysh Gospels The Adishi Gospels (Adishi Four Gospels) ( ka, ადიშის ოთხთავი) is an important early medieval Gospel Book from Georgia. The oldest dated extant manuscript of the Georgian version of the Gospels, it was created by Mika ...

(AD 897) was preserved here for centuries.

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Churches in Georgia (country) Populated places in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Populated places in Mestia Municipality {{Georgia-geo-stub

History

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