Bedia Cathedral

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Bedia Cathedral is a medieval Georgian Orthodox church in Abkhazia, notable as a royal foundation and burial site of King Bagrat III.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Bedia Cathedral canonical 3

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Georgian Orthodox church ⓘ
cathedral ⓘ
medieval church ⓘ
affiliation Georgian Orthodox Church ⓘ
architecturalStyle Georgian medieval architecture ⓘ
burialPlaceOf Bagrat III of Georgia ⓘ
completionDate 999 ⓘ
coordinateLocation 42.848°N 41.779°E ⓘ
country Georgia ⓘ
culturalSignificance important monument of Georgian medieval ecclesiastical architecture ⓘ
symbol of Georgian royal patronage of the Church ⓘ
dedicatedTo St. Mary ⓘ
linked to: St Mary

Theotokos ⓘ
denomination Georgian Orthodox Church ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 250 metres ⓘ
foundedBy Bagrat III of Georgia ⓘ
hasArtwork Georgian inscriptions ⓘ
medieval frescoes ⓘ
hasPart bell tower ⓘ
domed cross-in-square church ⓘ
fortified enclosure ⓘ
narthex ⓘ
heritageDesignation Immovable Cultural Monument of National Significance of Georgia ⓘ
heritageStatus protected monument under Georgian law ⓘ
inception 10th century ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions Georgian ⓘ
locatedIn Abkhazia ⓘ
Bedia ⓘ
Caucasus Mountains region ⓘ
linked to: Caucasus

Tkvarcheli District ⓘ
historical region of Abkhazia ⓘ
locatedOn Bedia plateau ⓘ
materialUsed stone ⓘ
namedAfter Bedia village ⓘ
partOf medieval Kingdom of Abkhazia heritage ⓘ
plan cross-in-square ⓘ
region South Caucasus ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
roofShape domed ⓘ
significantEvent royal foundation by Bagrat III ⓘ
significantPeriod 10th–11th centuries ⓘ
usedFor Christian worship ⓘ
royal burial ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bagrat III of Georgia → burialPlace → Bedia Cathedral ⓘ
Bedia Monastery → hasPart → Bedia Cathedral ⓘ
King Bagrat III → associatedWith → Bedia Cathedral ⓘ