Konts’khi Bichvint’a

Konts’khi Bichvint’a is a cape in Abkhazia, Georgia. Konts’khi Bichvint’a is situated nearby to the village Lidzava, as well as near the locality Rapits’a.

Type: Cape
Also known as: “Cape Bitchvinta”, “Kap Pizunda”, “Mys Pitsunda”, and “Mys Pitsundskiy”
Historically known as: “Cape Pitsunda”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Patriarchal Cathedral St. Andrew.

Patriarchal Cathedral St. Andrew

Church

Photo: Halavar, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Cathedral of St. Andrew the Apostle, also known as the Pitsunda Cathedral or Bichvinta Cathedral is an Eastern Orthodox Cathedral located in Pitsunda, in the Gagra District of the de facto independent Republic of Abkhazia, internationally recognised as constituting a part of Georgia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pitsunda and Lidzava.

Pitsunda

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Pitsunda or Bichvinta is a resort town in the Gagra District of Abkhazia/Georgia. Founded by Greek colonists in the 5th century BC, Pitsunda became an important political and religious centre of the region in the antiquity and the Middle Ages.