The church of the Saviour stands in the cemetery of Dzevri near Bosela village in Terjola Municipality. The hall, almost fifteen metres long, is laid in even courses of neatly hewn ashlars and closes on the east with a semicircular apse.
There is a door on every facade except the east one. The interior is bright from six rectangular windows placed symmetrically: one each on the east and west and two each on the north and south, with the west one about three times smaller than the rest. A plinth partly rings the church, single tiered in places and double tiered in others, and a profiled entablature finishes the walls.
The carving around the openings makes the strongest impression. Each window is gathered by a half cylindrical form that passes above into a recessed rectangular plane with a projecting gable, all of it edged by a toothed pattern. The north and west doors are dressed almost alike, with stepped profiles and a tympanum, while the south door is the richest of all: an arch, pilasters, imposts and a gable thrown across them. A Mkhedruli inscription set into its gable gives the year of construction, 1872.
๐ก Tip
- Carving around every window and all three doors
- The south door is dressed more richly than the others
- A Mkhedruli inscription in the south gable gives the year 1872
๐ Getting there
- Bosela village, Terjola Municipality, Imereti
- The Build Route button will take you to the spot
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