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Ishkhani

Also known as Işhan

Ishkhani is a medieval Georgian monastery and cathedral in the historic region of Tao, today the village of İşhan in Artvin Province, north-eastern Turkey. Founded in the 7th century, it was rebuilt in the 9th century and given a new dome in the 11th under Bagratid patronage, and it served as a bishop's seat. It is one of the major monuments of the Tao-Klarjeti school of architecture.

Ishkhani — Image: Armen Manukov · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Kingdom of the Iberians

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Ishkhani. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ishkhani
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