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Adishi (Adysh, Hadysh; ) is a highland village, 2,040 metres above sea level, in the Mestia Municipality of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region of Georgia (country), Georgia. According to the data of 2014, 44 people live in the village. Village is 27 kilometres from the town of Mestia.Adishi, Samegrelo-Zemo Svanetis Mkhare, Georgia
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History

The landscape of the village is dominated by a number of Middle Ages, medieval monuments, and the Greater Caucasus mountains. The important cultural sites of Adishi are: the Church of the Deliverer (10th–11th centuries), two churches of St George (12th century), the Church of the Archangel (12th century) and several typical Svanetian towers. The well-known Adysh Gospels (AD 897) was preserved here for centuries.


See also

* Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti


References

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