Sabereebi Monastery (David Gareja)
Sabereebi Cave Monastery (Georgian: გარეჯის საბერეების მონასტერი) – The monastery is located in the northeastern part of the Gareji desert, to northwest of the Berta Seri monastery. It is also called the Mgvime Cave Monastery (Georgian: გარეჯის მღვიმის მონასტერი). The complex includes 9 churches carved into dense sandstone, a refectory and rooms for various purposes, located in one tier. Most of them are almost completely destroyed, some are completely covered with earth.
Three of the churches are domed, the rest are hall churches, and four of them have preserved interesting examples of wall paintings dating back to the 9th-10th centuries. Iconographic features suggest that the Gareja school of painting at the stage of its formation had a certain affinity with the important artistic centers of the Eastern Christian world. The frescoes of Sabereebi are one of the oldest examples of monumental painting in Georgia and belong to the first stage of the formation of both the Gareja and Georgian schools of painting. As a result of archaeological excavations in the vicinity of Sabereebi, a settlement was discovered that also dates back to the 9th-10th centuries.
Gareji Desert (Georgian: გარეჯის უდაბნო), Sagarejo Municipality (Georgian: საგარეჯოს მუნიციპალიტეტი)
