Karbi

Our Lady’s Church is an architectural monument, standing in the village of Karbi, dating back to late feudal epoch. It has preserved its initial form. It is a single-nave church (8,3m x 4,6m), built of cobblestone and brick. The entrance is to the south. The nave is covered over with a barrel-vault. On the east facade over the window there is a decorated arch of the slap of a horseshoe, with a stone relief cross. On the west of the roof there is a little belfry containing tour pillars and made o brick….

 St. Marine’s Church is an architectural monument standing in the outskirts south of the village of Karbi on the left bank of the river Patara Liakhvi, dating back to XVIII-XIX centuries. It is a single-nave churches (6,7m x 4,6m) built of cobblestone. The church has got two entrances to the south and west. The nave is covered over with a vault….

 St. Trinity church is an architectural monument, standing in the outskirts south of the village of Karbi, dating back to XVI-XVII centuries. It ‘s a single-nave church (8,0m x 11,0m). The facades are lined with carved square red Tufa. The entrance is to the south. There is one window in the east and two windows in the south wall. On the east facade over the window there is a cross in the circle with a twisted ornament round it….

 The Gnolidze Castle is an architectural monument standing in the village of Karbi, dating back to XVII-XVIII centuries. The tower is barrel-shaped diameter 7,5 m, built of cobblestone. The thickness of the wall is 15 m. the church is damaged. The first and the second floors can still be seen. The first floor is rectangular inside. In the north wall there is a fireplace on either side of which there is an embrasure. There are several niches in the east wall with embrasures. The floors are connected by a staircase built in the wall on the second flour, which is partly damaged.  There are traces of embrasures…..

Davitashvili Castle –tower is an architectural monument, standing in the center of the village, dating back to XV-XVII century. It is square-shaped (6,7 m x 5,0m), built of fragmented stone 5 stories survive, there are and fire places, embrasures in the walls of the third and fourth floors. The entrance was to the east on the second floor. Now the entrance is to the east on the first floor, which is partly filled with earth….