The Church of the Saviour in Lagami, in the Mestia community in Svaneti is extremely unusual in being a two storied church. The lower church was built in the C10th and possesses an C11th-C12th fresco cycle. Above it is the C14th upper church which has both interior and exterior frescoes.
Creator
Emma Loosley
Date of Visit
5th July 2013
Contributor
Emma Loosley
Rights
Metadata and all media released under Creative Commons
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Type
Architecture
Tags
Architecture, C10th, C11th-C12th, C14th, Church, Fresco, Georgia, Lagami, Mestia, Saviour, Two Stories, Zemo Svaneti
Collection
The Early Christian Architecture of Georgia
Citation
Emma Loosley, “Lagami vilage, Mestia community, Svaneti,” Architecture and Asceticism, accessed April 26, 2024, https://architectureandasceticism.exeter.ac.uk/items/show/109.