• The Shoana church is a Christian church that belongs to the historical Alanian Diocese. The church was built at the end of the tenth century...
  • Caucasus. Shoana Church. 10th Century.
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  • The Shoana church is a Christian church that belongs to the historical Alanian Diocese.
  • Shoana church was built in the 10th century, when Byzantine missionaries entered the Caucasus.
  • The Shoana church, built in the Byzantine architectural style at the end of the 10th century, is one of the oldest Christian churches in Russia.
  • It is a typical Byzantine-style church, 12.9 meters high, with three naves, separated by four pillars.
  • The church was built at the end of the tenth century, and is located on the territory of modern Karachay-Cherkessia Republic, Russia.
  • Around 7km north of Karachayevsk, a dirt road leads uphill from the Ossetian village below to this early 10th-century Alanian church, one of the oldest
  • Shoaninskiy Temple, Karachaevsk Picture: Shoana church - Check out Tripadvisor members' 48 candid photos and videos of Shoaninskiy Temple.