Georgia, Kintsvisi Cathedral, 12th-13th cent - A History of Romanesque Architecture 300 - 1300 (sitios de interés)
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This marker is part of an illustrated Survey of Romanesque Architecture, 300 to 1300 AD. To see and read all comments you have to download the post to your hard disk.The church of St. Nicholas dates from the 13th century. Its unique frescoes are from the same time. The blue in its frescoes is unique among Georgian churches.. The main apse:
Left side with the celebrated images of Queen Tamara, her father King George, and her son and future king Lasha blessed by Christ.
Next to the main church there is the ruin of a second, older church (12th cent) with a large, uncanonical and very Georgian fresco of the Madonna - unprotected from the elements.
Photos RWFG