Zegani (Zaki) Church (Region of Erusheti)
Zegani (Zaki) Church (georg. ზეგანის (ზაქის) ეკლესია, tur. Zeg Manastir – Dirsekkaya) – Georgian church in historical region – Erusheti (georg. ერუშეთი), province of Artaani (georg. არტაანი, tur. Ardahan), Turkey. The church was one of the largest cross-domed structures on the Erusheti plateau. It was built in the second half of the 10th century and is considered an important monument of Georgian architecture.
Zegani Church was a completely unique and original work. Unfortunately, Zegani church has been preserved as ruins. As a result of the explosion in the 1960s, only separate fragments of the temple building survived, buried under stone debris. Fragments of stone blocks of the exploded dome of the temple and fragments of an ornate belt are scattered around.
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