Vani's Caves, Georgia - ვანის ქვაბები, საქართველო
Caves of 8th Century, where sill live monks.
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Vanis Kvabebi (English Vani's Caves) is a cave monastery in Samtskhe-Javakheti region of Georgia near Aspindza town and the more famous cave city of Vardzia. The complex dates from 8th century and consists of a defensive wall built in 1204 and a maze of tunnels running on several levels in the side of the mountain.
There are also two churches in the complex. A newer stone church that is in quite good shape stands near the top of the wall, and a smaller, domed church is clings from the rock on the level of the highest tunnels.
ვანის ქვაბები - Vani's Caves
To Central Asia by Bicycle - #25 Vardzia, a city in the rocks (English subtitles)
This time we don't ride much, but we do a lot of sightseeing. But there is something to see! Many have heard about Petra, the city built in the rocks in Jordania, but have you also heard about Vardzia, the monastery in the rocks, in Georgia? It's a phenomenal place which you absolutely shouldn't miss when you're in Georgia, and one of the most visited places in the region. At one time, there were 3000 rooms here, cut into the rocks by hand, which could host up to 50,000 people!
And just a few kilometers away is another monastery in the rocks, less known, and completely non-touristic: Vanis Kvabebi.
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WINTER VARDZIA (GEORGIA). ЗИМНЯЯ ВАРДЗИЯ (ГРУЗИЯ)
Five monks still live in this mountain. Every morning at seven they ring the bell in the high arch.
Vardzia (Georgian: ვარძია) 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 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. Now part of a state heritage reserve, the extended area of Vardzia-Khertvisi has been submitted for future inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Soviet-era excavations have shown that the area of Vardzia was inhabited during the Bronze Age and indicated the reach of Trialeti culture. Cave settlements such as Uplistsikhe are known along the Kura River from at least the fifth century BC, while rock cut architecture in the context of Georgian Christianity is known from Zedazeni and Garedzhi from the sixth century AD, and more locally from Vanis Kvabebi, Cholta and Margastani from the eighth century.[5] Four distinct building phases have been identified at Vardzia: the first during the reign of Giorgi III (1156–1184), when the site was laid out and the first cave dwellings excavated; the second between his death and the marriage of his successor Tamar in 1186, when the Church of the Dormition was carved out and decorated; the third from that date until the Battle of Basian c.1203, during which time many more dwellings as well as the defences, water supply, and irrigation network were constructed; while the fourth was a period of partial rebuilding after heavy damage in the earthquake of 1283/
Vardzia, Georgia, 08/06/2013
Vardzia is a cave monastery from the 2nd half of the 12th century.
Years of Wanderlust Day 465 - Dramatic Vardzia, Georgia
On my 465th day, I went to discover a little bit of Georgian history in the cave city known as Vardzia. Constructed during the 12th century, Vardzia served both as a religious place (with its monastery) as well as place for people to live. At one point, over 50,000 people live here. A UNESCO heritage sight.
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