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Kakheti
Kvareli Municipality
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Shilda
Vardzia is a cave monastery site in southern Georgia, excavated from the slopes of the Erusheti Mountain on the left bank of the Kura River, thirty kilometres from Aspindza. The main period of construction was the second...
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Vardzia is a cave monastery site in southern Georgia, excavated from the slopes of the Erusheti Mountain on the left bank of the Kura River, thirty kilometres from Aspindza. The main period of construction was the second half of the twelfth century. The caves stretch along the cliff for some five hundred meters and in up to nineteen tiers. The monastery was an important cultural center, a place of significant literary and artistic work.
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- Regions Kakheti
- Municipalities Kvareli Municipality
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Cultural & historical monuments
Gremi is the remains of a 16th-century royal fortress town in Kvareli municipali...