According the map the name of this church is Kvemo Bolnisi
Bolnisi Sioni
According to the old inscriptions at Bolnisi Sioni the cathedral was built in 478-493. The appearance of the church is simple and laconic. The walls are faced with smoothly hewn, large tuff slabs of deep and intensive turquoise colour. In this early period of the development of Georgian architecture designers did not set themselves the aim of artistic quality of the facades. They paid more attention to the interior design. Bolnisis Sioni Cathedral is famous for having an inscription of the oldest written Georgian to have been found in the country.
Inside the Bolnisi Sioni
According the map the name of this church, with the nice view, is Tsugrugasheni
A detail from Tsugrugasheni
Our team went on a trip in the direction Bolnisi. Eka who had planned the trip was not able to participate, so in the best Georgian traditions we had to improvise. Fortunately we had a map with us with the main tourist attractions, and we spotted some churches on the map.
The people living in this part of Georgia is mainly Azeri, which you can se from the shape of the houses and the way women dress. Also the Azeri villages tends to be better maintained and with less garbage than the Georgian ones.
From the main road along the Mashavera river we went up the in the foothills of the lesser Caucasus to visit some churches. You may ask why churches when the majority of the population is Muslims, but it illustrates how people is this region has moved around, and when the churches was build it was a Christian dominated area.
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