Pitsunda Cathedral
| St. Andrew the Apostle Cathedral | |
|---|---|
Georgian; Byzantine | |
| Funded by | King Bagrat III of Georgia |
| Completed | End of 10th century |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 37 |
| Width | 25 |
| Height (max) | 29 |
| Dome(s) | 1 |
| Website | |
| Pipe organ of Pitsunda | |
The Cathedral of St. Andrew the Apostle (
Pitsunda Cathedral was built at the end of the 10th century by King
It is a cross-domed cathedral with three naves and three apses, shaped as a rectangle with extending semicircular apses. It holds a pipe organ from the Alexander Schuke factory in Potsdam, Germany, installed in 1975.[2] The cathedral is notable for its impressive size, reaching 29 m high (including the dome), 37 m long and 25 m wide; the walls are up to 1.5 m thick. The building rests on heavy slabs of grey sandstone; the walls are made up of alternating rows of stone and brickwork, a typical technique for late Byzantine architecture. The cathedral contains vestiges of wall-painting from the 13th and the 16th centuries. A 12th-century Georgian manuscript of the Four Gospels, found at the cathedral in 1830, is now preserved at the Georgian National Center of Manuscripts in Tbilisi.
Gallery
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The Pitsunda Cathedral in 1847. Drawing by Grigory Gagarin -
Cathedral window -
Cathedral organ
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Notes
- Orthodoxy in Abkhazia
- Russian-occupied territory.
References
- ^ ISBN 9785459008906.
- ^ Schuke. "Complete List of Organs since 1820" (PDF). Schuke / Internet Archive. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-15. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
- "Pitsunda Cathedral". Tourist site of Abkhazia. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
External links
- Photos of the Pitsunda Cathedral
- Photos and background information (in Russian)
- Organ of Pitsunda. Official site(in Russian)
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