Doliskana ( ka, დოლისყანა, tr, Dolishane) is a medieval
Georgian Orthodox monastery in the
Medieval
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Georgian kingdom of
Klarjeti
Klarjeti ( ka, კლარჯეთი ) was a province of ancient and medieval Georgia, which is now part of Turkey's Artvin Province. Klarjeti, the neighboring province of Tao and several other smaller districts, constituted a larger region wi ...
(modern-day
Artvin Province
Artvin Province ( tr, ; ka, , ''Artvinis p’rovincia''; Laz: ართვინიშ დობადონა ''Artviniş dobadona'') is a province in Turkey, on the Black Sea coast in the northeastern corner of the country, on the border w ...
of
Turkey
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). It was used as a mosque, now abandoned. Its construction was finished in the mid 10th century, during the rule of
Sumbat I of Iberia. It is located high above the right bank of the
Imerkhevi River.
The inscriptions
On the exterior walls of the church are several short inscriptions in Georgian ''
Asomtavruli
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'' script. One mentions the prince and titular king
Sumbat I of Iberia. The inscriptions have been dated to the first half of the 10th century.
[Shoshiashvili, p. 290]
References
Bibliography
*
Marr, Nicholas, The Diary of travel in Shavsheti and Klarjeti, St. Petersburg, 1911
*
Djobadze, Wachtang, Early medieval Georgian monasteries in historical Tao, Klarjeti and Shavsheti, 2007
*Shoshiashvili, N. Lapidary Inscriptions, I, Tbilisi, 1980
External links
Virtualtao-klarjeti.comDoliskana
Buildings and structures completed in the 10th century
Georgian churches in Turkey
Christian monasteries established in the 10th century
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