Khobi is a domeless hall church, with cross-vaults.
The northwestern and southwestern corners had been assigned to individual chapels (eukterion), but later both of these were connected to the central bay.
The entire length of the western and southern facades is flanked by an open gallery, which terminates in a closed chapel at the eastern end of the south facade.
The facades are decorated with carved stonework.
The internal walls adorned with a set of frescoes from the 13th–14th century—influenced by the late Byzantine Palaeologan art—and the 17th century.
Apart from the religious paintings, there are frescoes depicting members of the Dadiani family, with Georgian inscriptions.
A lengthy inscription on the southern chapel, in the medieval Georgian asomtavruli script, relates that a large collection of marble columns, capitals and fragments of the ambo was brought by Vameq I Dadiani (died 1396) from his victorious campaign against Zichia.
These pieces of stonemasonry, some of them of Byzantine origin and dating from the 5th century, are used to decorate the walls of the chapel.
Not far from the main church, there is a 14th–17th century bell-tower, ruins of a 17th century episcopal palace, and remains of a circuit wall, restored in a government-run project in 2016.
Khobi is a domeless hall church, with cross-vaults. The northwestern and southwestern corners had been assigned to individual chapels (eukterion), but later both of these were connected to the central bay. The entire length of the western and southern facades is flanked by an open gallery, which terminates in a closed chapel at the eastern end of the south facade. The facades are decorated with carved stonework. The internal walls adorned with a set of frescoes from the 13th–14th century—influenced by the late Byzantine Palaeologan art—and the 17th century. Apart from the religious paintings, there are frescoes depicting members of the Dadiani family, with Georgian inscriptions. A lengthy inscription on the southern chapel, in the medieval Georgian asomtavruli script, relates that a large collection of marble columns, capitals and fragments of the ambo was brought by Vameq I Dadiani (died 1396) from his victorious campaign against Zichia. These pieces of stonemasonry, some of them of Byzantine origin and dating from the 5th century, are used to decorate the walls of the chapel. Not far from the main church, there is a 14th–17th century bell-tower, ruins of a 17th century episcopal palace, and remains of a circuit wall, restored in a government-run project in 2016.
Khobi Monastery