Darbazi ( Georgian : დარბაზი ; from Persian : darvāze , "gate") is a term used in Georgia to describe a chamber with a distinctive "swallow dome"-type roof structure found in the traditional domestic architecture of Asia Minor and the South Caucasus . The central feature is a pyramidal vault ( gvirgvini ), supported on pillars and constructed of a stepped series of hewn logs and beams, with a central opening at the top which serves as a window and smoke flue. The Roman authority Vitruvius (1st century BC) includes in his De architectura a description of a Colchian dwelling, the ancient prototype of a darbazi . Such lantern roofs are called harazashen or glkhatun in Armenia , kirlangiç kubbe or kirlangiç ortu in Turkey , and karadam in Azerbaijan .
2-510: The darbazi house, with local variations, continued to be constructed into the 20th century in Georgia. It occurs extensively in the provinces of Kartli , Kakheti , and Samtskhe-Javakheti . These houses are often supported at its underground base by finely carved beams and pillars, in particular, the solid wooden upright known as the deda-bodzi ("mother-pillar") that takes the weight of the corbelled roofing. The darbazi form might have influenced
4-512: The early Christian architecture of Georgia, for the ancient rotund and octagonal Christian structures—widespread in Italy , Syria , and elsewhere—never attained popularity in Georgia. This article related to a type of room in a building is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Georgia -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kartli Too Many Requests If you report this error to
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