Urbnisi cathedral

Urbnisi cathedral
ურბნისის ტაძარი
	Urbnisi cathedral. West façade.
	42°00′39″N 43°58′47″E / 42.010869°N 43.979801°E
Location	Urbnisi, Kareli Municipality ; Shida Kartli, Georgia
Type	Three-nave basilica

The Urbnisi cathedral of Saint Stephen the Protomartyr (Georgian: ურბნისის წმიდა სტეფანე პირველმოწამის სახელობის საკათედრო ტაძარი, romanized: urbnisis ts'mida st'epane p'irvelmots'amis sakhelobis sak'atedro t'adzari), commonly known as the Sioni church of Urbnisi (ურბნისის სიონი, urbnisis sioni), is a Georgian Orthodox cathedral at the village of Urbnisi in Georgia's east-central Shida Kartli region. The church is a relatively large three-nave basilica, originally built in the 6th century and reconstructed in the 10th and 17th centuries. The church walls bear several inscriptions, some being among the oldest executed in the Georgian alphabet. The cathedral is inscribed on the list of Georgia's Immovable Cultural Monuments of National Significance.^[1]

^ "List of Immovable Cultural Monuments" (PDF) (in Georgian). National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia. Retrieved 25 July 2019.

[1] "List of Immovable Cultural Monuments" (PDF) (in Georgian). National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia. Retrieved 25 July 2019.

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