Bnavisi

The old settlement and stone box are archaeological monuments, situated in the center of the village of Bnavisi, on a narrow terrace. It was discovered in 1960 by chance, while cultivating the ground, It dates from late Bronze Age. A layer of ashes and burnt earth was discovered in the old settlement, also fragmented ceramics burnt into red and grey. And a box made of large stone tiles containing some dishes made of burnt clay and bronze rings else. The findings are kept in the ethnographic museum of Gori….

 There is an old settlement and a church south of the village of Bnavisi in the forest, at one km of the place called Valiaantubani near Kiota, dating back to late feudal epoch. Ruins of some dwellings still can be seen on the slope, built of cobblestone and fragmented stone. There are a lot of fragments utensils and large pitchers made of burnt clay. It is a single-nave church (9,0m x 4,3m), built of sandstone. There is an entrance in east west and north wall, arched outside and square inside. There is a arched niche on either side of the semicircular arched window….

       The building is badly damaged!