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  • Vanis Kvabebi Cave Monastery

  • Vanis Kvabebi Cave Monastery

    Vanis Kvabebi is a cave monastery located in Samtskhe-Javakheti region of Georgia. It is the more famous cave city of Vardzia. The complex dates from 8th century AD and consists of a defensive wall built in 1204 AD 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 that clings to the rock on the level of the highest tunnels.
    The site is one of the elements included in the UNESCO Tentative List for World Heritage designation, Vardzia-Khertvisi.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Vanis Kvabebi Cave Monastery
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    Vanis Kvabebi Cave Monastery
    by ნინო ოთანაძე, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
    Vanis Kvabebi Cave Monastery
    by გრიგოლ, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 1460 m

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    Vanis Kvabebi Cave Monastery

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2007

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    Churches and Monasteries

    Location

    Georgia

    Samtskhe-Javakheti Region

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    8th Century AD

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    Christian

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    Georgian Orthodox Church Monuments

     

     

     

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