The Poladauri naeklesiari lies at the end of the orchards on the edge of the village, near Samtsevrisi in Bolnisi Municipality. The site is completely overgrown with juniper, so the building has to be guessed at among the bushes.
The building was a hall, elongated, about five and a half metres long, laid of rubble stone with walls about a metre thick, and the rock massif went into the work as well. The walls survive higher on the apse side, to about a metre and a half, and lower in the western part. The apse is semicircular, the entrance was on the west, and the interior is filled with a layer of rubble, so no further details can be seen without clearing.
Many late medieval bricks of about twenty five by fourteen centimetres and five thick are scattered around. That points directly to brick going into the construction, even though none can now be seen in the surviving masonry.
💡 Tip
- The site is completely overgrown with juniper
- Late medieval bricks scattered around
- The walls stand higher on the apse side and lower in the west
🚗 Getting there
- near Samtsevrisi village, Bolnisi Municipality, Kvemo Kartli
- The Build Route button will take you to the spot
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