Photos of the picturesque Georgian Medieval Ateni Sioni Church, Georgia (country). Photos by photographer Paul E Williams. (TIP – use the icons below the slideshow for thumbnail photos and info)
Photos of the picturesque Georgian Medieval Ateni Sioni Church, Georgia (country).
Photos of Ateni Sioni Georgian Orthodox Tetraconch Church, 7th century, Ateni, Georgia.
Built in the 7th century following the ground plan of Jvari Monastery Ateni Sioni Georgian Orthodox follows a tetraconch cruciform layout, with four apse with niches between each, and a central cupola. The church’s cruciform interior measures 24m x 19.22m.
The spacious interior has 8 columns supporting four squinches that support a low central octagonal dome.
The lower part of Ateni Sioni Church is built in red sandstone with yellow-green tuff above.
The church is very similar in design to the Jvari Monastery at Mtskheta, which is generally held to have preceded it, and, therefore belongs to the “Jvari-type” group of churches of Georgia.
The Ateni Sioni Church was renovated in the 10th century, probably by Armenian architect Todosak. It was further restored in the 16th century.
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