The Skhalta Cathedral (Georgian: სხალთა, sχɑltʰɑ) is a Georgian Orthodox monastery and cathedral church in Adjara, Georgia, dating from the mid-13th century. It is a large hall church design, with fragments of the 14th or 15th century Paleologian-style wall painting.[1]
Skhalta is the only medieval church in Adjara that survived both the Ottoman and Soviet periods[2] to become functional again in 1990. It currently serves as a seat of the Georgian Orthodox bishop of Skhalta.[3]
^(in Georgian) Abramishvili, G., Zakaraia, P., & Tsitsishvili, I (2000), ქართული ხუროთმოძღვრების ისტორია (History of Georgian Architecture), pp. 170-171. Tbilisi State University Press, ISBN 99928-56-52-1.
^Pelkmans, Mathijs (2006), Defending the Border: Identity, Religion and Modernity in the Republic of Georgia, p. 142. New York: Cornell University Press, ISBN 0-8014-4440-3.
^(in Georgian) სხალთა ("Skhalta"). dzeglebi.ge. Accessed February 19, 2012.
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