Ilori ( ka, ილორი; ab, Елыр, ''Elyr''; russian: Илори) is a village in the

Ochamchira District Ochamchira District is a district of the partially recognised Abkhazia. Its capital is Ochamchire, the town by the same name. The district is smaller than the Ochamchire district in the de jure subdivision of Georgia, as some of its former terr ...

of Abkhazia,

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, located on the coast of the

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. The elevation of the village is 10 meters above sea level. The location was first mentioned in the 11th century, AD. During the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire ...

, Ilori became a part of the Principality of Odishi. The village is home to one of the most important western Georgian architectural sites of the

Medieval In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire ...

Period, The Church of St. George of Ilori which was constructed in the first quarter of the 11th century, AD. Ilori is also the site of Elyr-nykha – one of the seven shrines of the Abkhaz traditional religion.''Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia.'' 1980. Vol. 5. p. 108.

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{{abkhazia-geo-stub Populated places in Ochamchira District Sukhum Okrug

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