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Doliskana Monastery (Georgian: დოლისყანის მონასტერი; translit .: “dolisq'anis monasteri)) is a medieval Orthodox Georgian monastery in Doliskana village in the historical Klarceti region, in the southwestern part of historical Georgia. .

The name Doliskana (დოლისყანა) is incorrectly spelled Dolishane or Dolishan in Turkish. Therefore, Doliskana Monastery is widely known as Dolishane Monastery and its church is known as Dolishane Church. However, the name Doliskana means a field of wheat called "doli" (დოლი) in Georgian.

history

When the Tao-Klarceti rulers and clergy together visited places of worship in the Klarceti area in the 830-840s, Doliskana was not yet a monastery. According to the information given by Giorgi Merchule, Doliskana became a monastery after him. However, there is no precise information regarding the founding date of the Doliskana Monastery. One possibility should be laid the foundations of the monastery in the first half of the 10th century when the church was built. All the buildings of the monastery except the main church have been destroyed. There are two different views that the church is dedicated to the "Archangels" or St. Stefan.
Doliskana Church

The Doliskana Church, the main church of the Doliskana Monastery, is the only structure left from the monastery. The domed and covered crucifix church (20 X 14 meters from the outside) was built in the 10th century. As a matter of fact, Georgian King III. It is understood from the inscription on the southern façade that it was built by Bagrat in the first half of the tenth century and repaired by the Georgian king Sumbat I.

The dome resting on the walls is approximately 25 meters high and the central space with a square plan is covered with a dome. The central space is extended in four directions with cross arms. In the east, pastoforium rooms are located on either side of the semicircular apse. As a result of landslides, these places can be passed through a door that opens to the eastern walls from the outside, not from inside the church today. The western cross arm was held twice as deep as the other cross arms. The northern chamber of the western cross arm, presumed to be used as a wine cellar and cellar, was filled with soil. The church was built with cut stone and rough carved stone exterior and rubble stones on the inside. In the southern facade, figurative, geometric and floral decorations are used in relief technique and the portrait of bani in the dome. Some parts of the church wall paintings have survived.

Niko Mari, who toured the region in 1904, drew attention to the beauty of Doliskana Church, especially its dome pulley and its exterior coating. The relief on the south wall indicates that the male figure was depicted holding the model of the church. At that time there was a “Sundial” relief on the southern cross arm of the church, but it was later stolen. The main part of the church, which is a place of worship, is largely intact and was used as a mosque until 1998.

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