List of monuments in Tighva Municipality

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The monuments in the Tighva Municipality is a group of cultural heritage sites registered by the government of Georgia on the territory of the de jure Tighva Municipality, which has been under the control of South Ossetia, an entity with limited international recognition, since the 2008 Russo-Georgian War. Due to the continued presence of the Russian troops, Georgia, in accordance to its Law on Occupied territories (Article 7.4), holds Russia responsible for the protection of cultural heritage in the area.[1]

The table lists a monument, its location and dating as well as the status attached to it by the Georgian authorities and the number assigned in the registry by the National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia, which is available online as a GIS portal.[2] The Agency broadly classifies the heritage sites into three groups: 1) the objects without a status, 2) immovable monuments of cultural heritage, and 3) immovable monuments of national significance.

Object National Registry number Date of construction Location Status Image
Avnevi Church Remains Middle Ages Avnevi
Avnevi Mother of God Church Middle Ages Avnevi
Avnevi Fortress Late Middle Ages Avnevi
Alibari Church Remains Late Middle Ages Alibari
Alibari Tower 2037[3][4] Late Middle Ages Alibari Cultural Monument
Balta Church Komnadze Late Middle Ages Balta
Balta Church Remains Late Middle Ages Balta
Balta Church Remains (Middle Ages) Middle Ages Balta
Balta Kviratskhoveli Church Remains Middle Ages Balta
Didmukha Church Remains Early Middle Ages Didmukha
Vakhtana Gomarta Shrine Middle Ages Vakhtana
Vakhtana Church Remains Late Middle Ages Vakhtana
Vakhtana Mother of God Church Remains Late Middle Ages Vakhtana
Vakhtana Old Building Remains 2060[3][5] Middle Ages Vakhtana Cultural Monument
Znauri Mother of God Church Early Middle Ages Znauri
Teregvani Church Remains Middle Ages Teregvani
Teregvani Jesus Church Middle Ages Teregvani
Teregvani Main Martyr Church Late Middle Ages Teregvani
Tighva Church Remains Middle Ages Tighva
Tigva Monastery 2072[3][6] 1152 Tighva Cultural Monument of National Significance
Tighva Old Building Remains I Middle Ages Tighva
Tighva Old Building Remains II Late Middle Ages Tighva
Tighva Saint Mariam Church 2071[3][7] Middle Ages Tighva Cultural Monument
Isakkhau Saint Georgia Church Late Middle Ages Isakkhau
Lisa Tskhrakara Church 13th Century Lisa
Lisa Cross 10th Century Lisa
Malda Church Remains Middle Ages Malda
Metekhi Jesus Church Late Middle Ages Metekhi
Metekhi Niche Middle Ages Metekhi
Muguti Church Remains Middle Ages Muguti
Moghrisi Saint George Church Late Middle Ages Moghrisi
Nabakevi Ascension Church Late Middle Ages Nabakevi
Nabakevi Church Remains Middle Ages Nabakevi
Nedlati Kviratskhoveli Church Early Middle Ages Nedlati
Nuli Church Remains 8th-9th Century Nuli
Ozhora Tskhrakara Church 2087[3][8] Middle Ages Ozhora Cultural Monument
Ozhora Old Building Remains Middle Ages Ozhora
Sunisi Saint George Church Late Middle Ages Sunisi
Skhliti Church 2096[3][9] 8th-9th Century Skhliti Cultural Monument
Patkineti Church Remains Patkineti
Patkineti Saint Elijah Church 14th-15th Centuries Patkineti
Qaleti Mother Of God Church Late Middle Ages Qaleti
Ghverteti Church Remains Ghverteti
Ghverteti Saint George Church Remains Late Middle Ages Ghverteti
Kornisi Arminda Church 8th-9th Centuries Kornisi
Kornisi Gagiev Tower 17th-18th Centuries Kornisi
Kornisi Caves Kornisi
Kornisi Gverda Church Middle Ages Kornisi
Kornisi Church Remains I Late Middle Ages Kornisi
Kornisi Church Remains (Middle Ages) Late Middle Ages Kornisi
Kornisi Tower Kornisi
Kornisi Tower (17th-18th Century) 17th-18th Centuries Kornisi
Kornisi Tower and Palace 17th Century Kornisi
Kornisi Church Remains II Late Middle Ages Kornisi
Kornisi Trinity Church Late Middle Ages Kornisi
Kornisi Saint George Church 19th Century Kornisi
Kornisi Saint Mary Church Late Middle Ages Kornisi
Kornisi Khasievi Tower 18th-19th Centuries Kornisi
Kornisi Khutsiaant District Tower Late Middle Ages Kornisi
Kornisi Jioeva Tower Late Middle Ages Kornisi
Shindari Saint George Church Late Middle Ages Shindari
Dzvileti Mother of God Church Late Middle Ages Dzvileti
Dzvileti Saint George Church Early Middle Ages Dzvileti
Tsnelisi Tower Late Middle Ages Tsnelisi
Tsnelisi Building Remains I Late Middle Ages Tsnelisi
Tsnelisi Building Remains II Late Middle Ages Tsnelisi
Khastagdzuari Church Late Middle Ages Balta
Khundisubani Mother of God Church Middle Ages Khundisubani
Khundisubani Saint Nicholas Church Middle Ages Khundisubani

References[edit]

  1. ^ Law of Georgia on Occupied Territories (Law LHG, 28, 30/10/2008, 7). Parliament of Georgia. 23 October 2008.
  2. ^ "კულტურული მემკვიდრეობის ვებ-პორტალი [Web-portal of Cultural Heritage]". memkvidreoba.gov.ge. National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "უძრავი ძეგლების ნუსხა (Registry of Immovable Monuments]" (PDF) (in Georgian). National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  4. ^ ""ალიბარის კოშკი [Alibari Tower]"". Web-portal of Cultural Heritage. National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia.
  5. ^ ""ვახტანას ძველი შენობის ნანგრევი [Vakhtana Old Building Remains]"". Web-portal of Cultural Heritage. National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia.
  6. ^ ""თიღვის ეკლესია [Tighva Church]"". Web-portal of Cultural Heritage. National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia.
  7. ^ ""თიღვის წმინდა მარიამის ეკლესია [Tighva Saint Mariam Church]"". Web-portal of Cultural Heritage. National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia.
  8. ^ ""ოჟორას ცხრაკარას ეკლესია [Ozhora Tskhrakara Church]"". Web-portal of Cultural Heritage. National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia.
  9. ^ ""სხლითის ეკლესია [Skhliti Church]"". Web-portal of Cultural Heritage. National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia.

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