The ruins of the church of the Mzhavisi nasoplari lie on the right bank of the Mzhavisi Sakdris Khevi stream, in the cemetery of a former village in the Manglisi area of Tetritskaro Municipality. It is a single nave hall church of about six and a half metres by four, with a semicircular apse on the east.
The walls are laid of roughly worked stones of varying size and rock, with well worked basalt ashlars used in the facing here and there. A narrow plinth partly survives at the base of the south and west facades. The entrance is cut in the western part of the south wall and covered by an architrave.
There are two windows, both arched: one in the eastern part of the south wall alongside the apse, the other in the apse itself. A deep rectangular niche is made to the left of the apse, a low almost square stone altar table stands below, and a well hewn basalt part of the triumphal arch lies beside it. Sources assign the building to the late Middle Ages.
💡 Tip
- Part of the triumphal arch lies beside the altar stone
- Basalt ashlars used in the facing here and there
- The cemetery of a former village lies around the ruins
🚗 Getting there
- Tetritskaro Municipality, Kvemo Kartli
- The Build Route button will take you to the spot
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