The Dartlo church () is a church located on the outskirts of the town of
Dartlo, in the municipality of
Akhmeta
Akhmeta ( ) is a town in Kakheti, Georgia, and is the administrative centre of Akhmeta Municipality. It is situated on the left side of Alazani, close to the Pankisi Gorge. The town is situated at 567 m. In 1966, it received the status of '' Kala ...
. The Church has the status of a Monument of National Importance. It is currently under restoration and is expected to be active again.
Architecture
The church of Dartlo is a
hall church
A hall church is a Church (building), church with a nave and aisles of approximately equal height. In England, Flanders and the Netherlands, it is covered by parallel roofs, typically, one for each vessel, whereas in Germany there is often one s ...
(12.5 X 8.5 m). It was built with
sandstone
Sandstone is a Clastic rock#Sedimentary clastic rocks, clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of grain size, sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate mineral, silicate grains, Cementation (geology), cemented together by another mineral. Sand ...
during the 19th century. The structure of the church is very damaged currently.
The entrance, a rectangular door, is to the west. On the wall there is a large and high rectangular window. Another window cut in the middle of the south wall of the church is relatively low. On the south wall there are two pairs of pilasters, with simple arches embedded in the arches of the wall.
References
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Immovable Cultural Monuments of National Significance of Georgia