Shoana Church
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| Shoana Church | |
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| File:Христианский храм X века.jpg | |
| Basic information | |
| Location |  Karachay-Cherkessia |
| Geographic coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Architectural style | Byzantine-style |
| Dome(s) | 1 |
Shoana Church (Russian: Шоанинский храм), also known as Khumara Church (Russian: Хумаринский храм), is an early 10th-century Alanian church sited on a cliff above the left bank of the Kuban River, 7 km upstream from Karachayevsk, Russia and 4 km downstream from the ruins of Skhimar, in the vicinity of Kosta Khetagurov Village. It is a typical Byzantine-style church, 12.9 meters high, with three naves, separated by four pillars. The building was first explored and depicted by Joseph Bernardazzi in 1829; a more scholarly description was given by Abraham Firkovich in 1848. Two medieval books from this church are now in the University of Göttingen.
