Samghereti

The village Samghereti is located in Chivchavi community, Kvemo Kartli, Tetritskaro municipality, at 1010 meters above sea level. It belonged to the Orbeliani ancestry in the XVII-XVIII centuries. In the XVII century Abashishvili’s family had a palace here. There is another fact related to the village of Samghereti: the Sultan of Borchalo escaped to Samghereti, because he was oppressed by Nadir Shah in 1747-1748. The village is mentioned in written sources by Vakhushti Batonishvili (Description of the Kingdom of Georgia) and Papuna Orbeliani (History of Kartli). There are XI-XIII centuries monastery called Sabero and it includes the wall, church, bell tower etc. It is a small hall church, decorated with rich ornaments. One legend is connected to the name of the village: the enemy invaded to the village. The Georgian army was not ready for it and they were going to lose. Suddenly, three Georgian sisters appeared in Georgian dresses on the slope of the mountain. They were playing on the Pandur (a three-stringed lute from the highland and lowland regions of Eastern Georgia) and getting close to the battle-field with their song. The beauty and sweet song of the women surprised warriors. The commander considered them as the goddess of battle and he ordered to kill them. His army retreated. The Georgian army managed to take a great victory.