Adishi (village)

Adishi
Georgian: ადიში
Village
Adishi is located in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
Adishi
Adishi
Location in Georgia
Adishi is located in Georgia
Adishi
Adishi
Adishi (Georgia)
Coordinates: 42°59′47″N 42°54′53″E / 42.99639°N 42.91472°E / 42.99639; 42.91472
CountryGeorgia (country) Georgia
RegionSamegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
MunicipalityMestia Municipality
Elevation
2,040 m (6,690 ft)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total
44
Time zoneUTC+4 (Georgian Time)

Adishi (Adysh, Hadysh; Georgian: ადიში) is a highland village, 2,040 metres above sea level, in the Mestia Municipality of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region of Georgia. According to the data of 2014, 44 people live in the village.[1] Village is 27 kilometres from the town of Mestia.[2]

History

Adishi. A photography by the Hungarian explorer Moriz von Déchy, c. 1905.

The landscape of the village is dominated by a number of medieval monuments, and the Greater Caucasus mountains. The important cultural sites of Adishi are: the Church of the Deliverer (10th–11th centuries), two churches of St George (12th century), the Church of the Archangel (12th century) and several typical Svanetian towers.

The well-known Adysh Gospels (AD 897) was preserved here for centuries.

See also

References

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  1. ^ "მოსახლეობის საყოველთაო აღწერა 2014". საქართველოს სტატისტიკის ეროვნული სამსახური. Nov 2014. Retrieved Nov 7, 2016.
  2. ^ Adishi, Samegrelo-Zemo Svanetis Mkhare, Georgia Mindat.org


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