Sights in Sighnaghi
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Bodbe Convent
The convent, set among tall cypresses, is dedicated to St Nino, who is buried here. The little church was originally built, over her grave, by King Mirian in the 4th century. It was converted into a triple-church basilica in the 8th or 9th century and has been renovated several times since. Nino's fairly simple tomb, beneath a recently installed marble slab, is in a small chapel in its southeast corner. The murals were painted in 1823 by Bishop John Maqashvili.
A convent, founded here in the late 19th century, then turned into a hospital in Soviet times, has functioned again since 1991. Through an opening just northeast of the church, and then down a steep path of 800m, y…
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18th-century walls
Set among wooded hills dotted with cypresses, the town has wonderful views of the Alazani valley and the Caucasus beyond. The main section of the 18th-century walls runs along the hilltop on the northeast side of town.
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Stepan Tsminda (St Stephen's) Church
From the hilltop on the northeast side of town you can enter the tiny Stepan Tsminda (St Stephen's) Church inside one of the towers on Chavchavadze.
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Tsminda Giorgi (St George's) Church
Lower down, on the northeast side of town, is the handsome 19th-century Tsminda Giorgi (St George's) Church.
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