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Lamaria Church
Church of the Mother of God
უშგულის ლამარია
Lamaria church complex viewed from a distance
Lamaria Church is located in Georgia
Lamaria Church
Lamaria Church
Location of Zhibiani
42°55′06″N 43°01′11″E / 42.918354°N 43.019656°E / 42.918354; 43.019656 (Zhibiani)
LocationZhibiani, Ushguli, Mestia Municipality
TraditionGeorgian Orthodoxy
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationImmovable Cultural Monuments of National Significance
Years built9th-10th centuries

The Ushguli Church of the Mother of God,[a] popularly known as the Lamaria Church,[b] is a medieval Georgian Orthodox church in the community of Ushguli in Upper Svaneti. It is a simple hall church, with a projecting apse and an ambulatory. The interior contains two layers of medieval frescoes, in a state of deterioration. The church is inscribed on the list of the Immovable Cultural Monuments of National Significance of Georgia.[1]


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  1. ^ "List of Immovable Cultural Monuments" (PDF) (in Georgian). National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia. Retrieved 3 July 2019.

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