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  • Vardzia Cave Monastery

  • Vardzia Cave Monastery

    Vardzia Cave Monastery is a cave monastery located in Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia. Four distinct building phases have been identified at the site, the first during the reign of Giorgi III (1156-1184 AD) and the second during the reign of his successor Tamar in 1186 AD.
    The site is one of the elements included in the UNESCO Tentative List for World Heritage designation, Vardzia-Khertvisi.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Vardzia Cave Monastery
    by Lidia Ilona, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Vardzia Cave Monastery
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    Vardzia Cave Monastery
    by Bolo77, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 1324 m

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    Vardzia Cave Monastery

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2007

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    Churches and Monasteries

    Location

    Georgia

    Samtskhe-Javakheti

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    12th Century AD

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    Christian

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    Georgian Orthodox Church Monuments

     

     

     

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