Tsunda Church
Tsunda Church is a church in Tsunda, near Tmogvi fortress in the Samtskhe–Javakheti region of Georgia.Photo: Serafita, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tmogvi and Ruins of Kumurdo Cathedral.
Tmogvi
Photo: Gegart, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tmogvi or Tmkaberd is a ruined fortress and medieval town in the southern Georgian region of Samtskhe-Javakheti, on the left bank of the Kura River, a few kilometers downstream of the cave city of Vardzia. Tmogvi is situated 2 km southwest of Tsunda Church.
Ruins of Kumurdo Cathedral
Church
Kumurdo Cathedral is a Georgian Orthodox Cathedral. It is situated on Javakheti Plateau, 12 km southwest from Akhalkalaki. According to the inscriptions on the walls, written with the ancient Georgian writing of Asomtavruli, the Kumurdo Cathedral was built by Ioane the Bishop during the reign of king of the Abkhazians Leon III in 964. Ruins of Kumurdo Cathedral is situated 2 km southeast of Tsunda Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nakalakevi and Vardzia.
Vardzia
Photo: M Blissett, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vardzia a cave monastery site in Georgia, on the slopes of the Erusheti Mountain in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region of Georgia next to the border with Turkey.
Khertvisi
Village
Khertvisi is a village in Aspindza Municipality of Samtskhe-Javakheti region, the Republic of Georgia. Situated at the confluence of the rivers Mtkvari and Paravani, the village was set on a number of terraces. Khertvisi is situated 9 km northwest of Tsunda Church.
Tsunda Church
- Type: Church
- Description: church building in Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
41.40771° or 41° 24′ 28″ northLongitude
43.33447° or 43° 20′ 4″ eastOpen location code
8HH5C85M+3QOpenStreetMap ID
node 10771128209OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchWikidata ID
Q31355626
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In Other Languages
From Bashkir to Turkish—“Tsunda Church” goes by many names.
- Bashkir: “Цунда сиркәүе”
- French: “église de Tsounda”
- French: “Église de Tsounda”
- French: “Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Tsounda”
- French: “Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste”
- Georgian: “წუნდის წმინდა იოანე ნათლისმცემლის ეკლესია”
- German: “Zunda-Kirche”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de Tsounda”
- Turkish: “Tsunda Kilisesi”
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