The Church of Lamaria Ushguli is located in Svaneti, in the vicinity of the community of the same name. Its second name is the Church of the Virgin Mary.

Every year Svaneti welcomes tourists arriving to visit this church. The church is surrounded by a fortified fence in the form of a tower. The structure has several entrances:

• The main entrance on the west side;
• The entrance to the room where people can pray is on the south-west side.

Inside the church, there are amazing stained glass paintings on the windows. You can also see the tallest and most beautiful columns and stone framing of the facades.

This church is a highly cultural and historical monument of Svaneti region. The guides will surely show you the extremely beautiful wall paintings.

You should pay attention that on the wall on the north side there is a picture of a human silhouette in the process of crucifixion, his hands are severely swollen, symbolizing the excessive gestures of the victim.

If you pay attention to the drawings below, you will see in the faces of the people the presence of expression, a characteristic technique of the painters of Svaneti at that time.

On the west wall is the presence of the Holy Rider, who is in the process of conquering his target.

The last time the church was completed with other pictorial representations in the thirteenth century was the image of the Apsis.

On the altar wall are painted the faces of the holy fathers of the church, and in the domed sky, artists depict a period of preparation for the people to meet Christmas. Also present on the walls of the church are very ancient inscriptions scratched into the stone shields, which contain the prayer speeches of our ancestors.