Ilori ( ka, ილორი; , ''Elyr''; ) is a village in the

Ochamchira District Ochamchira District is a district of the partially recognized Abkhazia. Its capital is Ochamchire, the town by the same name. The district is smaller than the Ochamchire Municipality, Ochamchire district in the de jure Administrative divisions of ...

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, located on the coast of the

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. The elevation of the village is 10 meters above sea level. The location was first mentioned in the 11th century, AD. During the

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, Ilori became a part of the Principality of Odishi. The village is home to one of the most important western Georgian architectural sites of the

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Period, The Church of St. George of Ilori which was constructed in the first quarter of the 11th century, AD. Ilori is also the site of Elyr-nykha – one of the seven shrines of the Abkhaz traditional religion.''Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia.'' 1980. Vol. 5. p. 108.

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{{abkhazia-geo-stub Populated places in Ochamchira District Sukhumi okrug

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