Category: history

Sameba-Jikheti nunnery in the village of Jikheti. The village is located on the southern slope of the Guria ridge, 250 m above sea level. 12 km from Lanchkhuti, 3 km from Nigoit. The monastery is located 6 km from the central highway, on Nigoiti mountain.The monastery was founded at the end of the 19th century. The main temple of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary was built in 1896…

Lanchkhuti is located in Guria, one of the oldest historical-ethnographic regions of Georgia. It is the south-west of Georgia. The area of the territory is 533 sq. km. Which is 0.98% of the entire territory of Georgia.

The district is surrounded by the Black Sea at about 7 km to the west, it is bordered by the outskirts of Poti, Khobi, Senaki and Abashi districts to the north.