Vardzia, caves monastery
Vardzia is a cave monastery site.
Soviet-era excavations have shown that the area of Vardzia was inhabited during the Bronze Age.
The main period of construction was the second half of the twelfth century. The caves stretch along the cliff for some five hundred metres and in up to nineteen tiers. The Church of the Dormition, dating to the 1180s during the golden age of Tamar and Rustaveli, has an important series of wall paintings. The site was largely abandoned after the Ottoman takeover in the sixteenth century.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vardzia
Vardzia, caves monastery
Vardzia is a cave monastery site.
Soviet-era excavations have shown that the area of Vardzia was inhabited during the Bronze Age.
The main period of construction was the second half of the twelfth century. The caves stretch along the cliff for some five hundred metres and in up to nineteen tiers. The Church of the Dormition, dating to the 1180s during the golden age of Tamar and Rustaveli, has an important series of wall paintings. The site was largely abandoned after the Ottoman takeover in the sixteenth century.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vardzia