Pitsunda

Also known as Bichvinta

Pitsunda or Bichvinta (, ; ; ) is a resort town in the Gagra District of Abkhazia/Georgia. Founded by Greek colonists in the 5th century BC, Pitsunda became an important political and religious centre of the region in the antiquity and the Middle Ages. Since Soviet times it has been one of the main resorts of Abkhazia.

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Pitsunda is a coastal resort town in the Gagra District located in the disputed territory of Abkhazia/Georgia, originally founded by Greek colonists in the 5th century BC. It served as an important political and religious center in ancient and medieval times and has functioned as a major vacation destination since the Soviet era.

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Place details

Locality: Пицунда
Region: აფხაზეთის ავტონომიური რესპუბლიკა - Аԥснытәи Автономтә Республика
Country: Абхазия - Аԥсны
Population: 3,986
Timezone: Asia/Tbilisi

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Pitsunda
Settlement.image_skyline: Ridge view from pitsunda cape.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: The view of Caucasus mountains from Pitsunda cape.
Settlement.image_map: Picunda.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Georgia#Georgia Abkhazia#Black Sea
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Pitsunda
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Partially recognized independent country
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Gagra
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Vitali Khutava
Settlement.leader_title2: Deputy Mayor
Settlement.leader_name2: Beslan Smyr
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.population_total: 4198
Settlement.blank_name: Climate
Settlement.blank_info: Cfa

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Wikidata facts

Official name: ბიჭვინთა
Population: 4107
Image: Pitsunda shore (2).jpg
Licence plate code: ABH

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Commons category: Pitsunda
native label: ბიჭვინთა
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Travel guide

See

thumbnail|Pitsunda Cathedral thumbnail|Museum of local lore

Sleep

Association of pensions "Pitsunda Resort" includes seven 14-storey buildings located in the center of the town near the beach:

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Article

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Contents

History
Administration
Town status
2011 Assembly elections
Since 2014
2023 Gosdacha deal
List of mayors
Notes
References

==History== thumb|left|Fragment of mosaic floor of the church at Pytius (5th century) Pityus (Ancient Greek: Pityus, Πιτυοῦς, genitive Pityuntos, Πιτυοῦντος) was a large and wealthy Greek city in the antiquity. Pliny wrote in AD 77 that the city had been sacked by the Heniochi. A Roman fort was founded at Pityus in the first half of the 2nd century and a detachment of Legio XV Apollinaris was stationed there. The city was surrounded by a defensive wall, the castellum had a second line of defence built in mid-3rd century AD. Excavations guided by Andria Apakidze unearthed, in 1952, remains of three 4th-century churches and a bath with high-quality mosaic floors. The former "Great Pityus" harbor is now a mere lake within the town.