Pitsunda Cathedral

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building_name=Pitsunda Cathedral

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location=Pitsunda, Gagra district, Abkhazia (Georgia)
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Pitsunda Cathedral is a Georgian Orthodox Cathedral located in Pitsunda, in the Gagra district of the de facto independent Republic of Abkhazia, internationally recognised to constitute a part of Georgia.

Pitsunda Cathedral was built at the end of the 10th century by King Bagrat III of Georgia. It served as the seat of the Georgian Orthodox Catholicate of Abkhazia until the late 16th century when Abkhazia came under the Ottoman hegemony.The cathedral contains vestiges of wall-painting from the 13th and the 16th centuries.

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External references

* [http://abkhazia.e-caucasia.com/index.php?option=com_easygallery&act=categories&cid=45&Itemid=75 Photos of the Pitsunda Cathedral]
* [http://www.abkhazian-churches.ru/picunda.html Photos and background information] languageicon|ru|Russian