Pitsunda Cathedral

Pitsunda Cathedral
Religion
Affiliation	Georgian Orthodox
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Cathedral
Location
Location	Pitsunda, Gagra district, Abkhazia (Georgia)
Architecture
Completed	10th century by King Bagrat III of Georgia

Pitsunda Cathedral (Georgian: ბიჭვინთის ტაძარი) is a Georgian Orthodox Cathedral located in Pitsunda, in the Gagra district of the de facto independent Republic of Abkhazia, internationally recognised to constitute a part of Georgia.

Pitsunda Cathedral was built at the end of the 10th century by King Bagrat III of Georgia. It served as the seat of the Georgian Orthodox Catholicate of Abkhazia until the late 16th century when Abkhazia came under the Ottoman hegemony. The cathedral contains vestiges of wall-painting from the 13th and the 16th centuries.

Gallery

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  The Pitsunda Cathedral in 1847. Drawing by Grigory Gagarin
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  Cathedral window
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  Pitsunda Cathedral
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  Cathedral dome frescoes
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  Cathedral organ

External references

• Photos of the Pitsunda Cathedral
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