Cathedrals in Georgia

Tbilisi Sioni Cathedral

Tbilisi, Georgia
13th century

Svetitskhoveli Cathedral

Mtskheta, Georgia
1010-1029

Holy Trinity Cathedral

Tbilisi, Georgia
1995-2004

Bagrati Cathedral

Kutaisi, Georgia
c. 1003

Virgin Mary Cathedral

Gori, Georgia
1806-1810

Alaverdi Monastery

Akhmeta, Georgia
6th century AD

Manglisi Cathedral

Manglisi, Georgia
6th century AD

Bolnisi Sioni Cathedral

Bolnisi, Georgia
478-493 AD

Poti Cathedral

Poti, Georgia
1906-1907

Pitsunda Cathedral

Pitsunda, Georgia
10th century

Nikortsminda Cathedral

Nikortsminda, Georgia
1010-1014

Samtavisi Cathedral

Samtavisi, Georgia
11th century

Ertatsminda Cathedral

Ertatsminda, Georgia
13th century

Kumurdo Cathedral

Akhalkalaki, Georgia
964 AD

Dranda Cathedral

Drandra, Georgia
6th century AD

Bedia Cathedral

Ochamchire, Georgia
999 AD

Skhalta Cathedral

Adjara, Georgia
c. 1250

Mokvi Cathedral

Ochamchire, Georgia
10th century

Tsalenjikha Cathedral

Tsalenjikha, Georgia
12th century

Visby Cathedral

Visby Cathedral (also known as St. Mary’s Church) is the only survived medieval church in Visby. It was originally built for German merchants and inaugurated in 1225. Around the year 1350 the church was enlarged and converted into a basilica. The two-storey magazine was also added then above the nave as a warehouse for merchants.

Following the Reformation, the church was transformed into a parish church for the town of Visby. All other churches were abandoned. Shortly after the Reformation, in 1572, Gotland was made into its own Diocese, and the church designated its cathedral.

There is not much left of the original interior. The font is made of local red marble in the 13th century. The pulpit was made in Lübeck in 1684. There are 400 graves under the church floor.