Makriali Church

The Makriali Church (Georgian: მაკრიალის ეკლესია) was an Orthodox Church located in Kemalpaşa, Hopa, Artvin Province of Turkey, on the border with Georgia. A royal wedding took place in the church in June 1367 between King Bagrat V of Georgia and Anna of Trebizond.[1] Baedeker's Russia for 1914 mentions the interesting ruins of the old church of Makriali and a traveler of 1969 mentions "a deserted church on the open and low-lying ground to the left of the road... a little way to the north of and 4km from the present Soviet-Turkish border at Sarp..."[1]

Makriali Church
მაკრიალის ეკლესია
Religion
AffiliationGeorgian Orthodox Church
StatusNot functioning
Location
LocationArtvin Province, Turkey

References

  1. A. Bryer and D. Winfield, The Byzantine Monuments and Topography of the Pontos, p.339


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