Pitsunda, known for its unique climate and wonderful pine trees, has been associated with a climatic resort for many years. In Soviet times, there was an All-Russian health resort here. However, few vacationers thought about how far the history of Pitsunda, which had its own antique period, goes into antiquity. After all, it owes its name to the ancient Greeks, who founded here the city of Pitiunt or Pitius, which means "pine". In the second-first centuries BC, the city was part of the Pontine kingdom. There was a Roman fortress here.
In the fourth century, Pitsunda became the Christian center of the Caucasus. It is known that it was on the way to this city that John Chrysostom, the legendary Christian saint, died, so his tomb was here. More precisely, it was a special tomb with a particle of the saint's relics, which were transferred in those days to Constantinople.
How Pitsunda became Pitsunda
Pitiunt became part of the Abkhazian kingdom in the 780s, and when Georgia united with Abkhazia in the 10th century, the city entered its borders. In the 11th century, the name of the settlement was slightly changed - it was called Bichvinta. But the modern name appeared already thanks to the Genoese, who founded their trading post here. She then bore the name Pezonda. This was already in the 14-15 centuries, two centuries later the city came under the rule of the Ottoman Empire. In the 19th century, Pitsunda became a Russian city, becoming part of the empire, after which it at one time passed to the Soviet Union. This is the story of Pitsunda briefly.
Soviet period
Pitsunda was an elite resort, and pine forests filled the air with special essential oils. The sea air, saturated with this healing natural gift, could by itself heal from ailments of the upper respiratory tract. In the pine groves one could hide from the heat and enjoy the freshness. The beach holiday was also great here. That is why this land was chosen by the Soviet elite.
Several sanatoriums were built here, which have resumed work at the present time. According to old memory, the inhabitants of Russia come here to rest, and now they are far from the elite, who now prefer foreign rest in other places of the world. Hospitable Pitsunda is glad to receive all holidaymakers.
