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Ruisi Cathedral

Kareli Municipality, Georgia

Ruisi Cathedral
Ruisi Cathedral. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

The Ruisi cathedral of the Mother of God (ruisis ghvtismshoblis t'adzari) is a Georgian Orthodox church in the village of Ruisi in Georgia's east-central Shida Kartli region. Originally built in the 8th–9th century, the church was remodeled in the 11th century and rebuilt in the 15th century. It is a cross-in-square church with a tall dome and a horseshoe apse on the east. The cathedral is inscribed on the list of Georgia's Immovable Cultural Monuments of National Significance.

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