The church of the Virgin Mary in Kevliani in Mtskheta Municipality is a hall of about nine metres by four, laid of cobble and rubble stone with hewn stone used in part. Sources assign the building to the early Middle Ages, making it the earliest of the three churches of Kevliani.
There were two entrances, both on the south side, and each ended in a horseshoe arch. The upper entrance was later rebuilt and the western one turned into a rectangle. The horseshoe arches of the doors are precisely what points to the early date.
On the east the apse is separated by narrow walls with an arched window cut on the axis, and a triumphal arch rests on the shoulders of the apse with a plain impost of a shelf and a sloping plane. The semicircular vault of the hall, surviving in the southern part, lies directly on the walls. A single step niche takes up the middle third of the south wall, where two rectangular windows also sit, and a small niche is set by the shoulder of the apse in the north wall. Plaster survives in the apse and in places on the walls.
💡 Tip
- Horseshoe arches over both southern entrances
- The earliest of the three churches of Kevliani
- Plaster survives in the apse and in places on the walls
🚗 Getting there
- Kevliani village, Mtskheta Municipality, Mtskheta Mtianeti
- The Build Route button will take you to the spot
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