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Rat'i Surameli, Duke of Javakheti and Kartli, wearing a sharbush and a front-opening qaba with tiraz, slightly before 1186, Vardzia, southern Georgia, Inv. No. 5246-262. [ 1 ] Vardzia ( Georgian : ვარძია [vaɾdzia] ) is a cave monastery site in southern Georgia , excavated from the slopes of the Erusheti Mountain on the left bank of ...
English: Vardzia, Georgia ქართული: ვარძია, საქართველო This is a photo of a monument in Georgia identified by the ID
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Vardzia-Khertvisi: Samtskhe–Javakheti: 2007 ii, iii, iv, v, vi, vii (mixed) This nomination comprises the gorge of the Mtkvari River in the length of 18 kilometres (11 mi) between the Khertvisi Fortress and the rock monastery in Vardzia that was constructed in the 12th and 13th centuries. Human settlements have been adapted to the layout of ...
The earliest surviving portrait of Tamar from the church of the Dormition at Vardzia, c. 1184–1186. For six years, Tamar was a co-ruler with her father upon whose death, in 1184, Tamar continued as the sole monarch and was crowned a second time at the Gelati cathedral near Kutaisi , western Georgia.
The major tourist attractions are the cave monasteries of Vardzia (which was founded by Queen Tamar in 1185), Vanis Kvabebi (which dates from the 8th century), Rabati Castle and Khertvisi Fortress. Also, among national visitors is very popular 10th century Sapara Monastery, Tmogvi fortress, and 8th century Zarzma monastery. [16]
A chapel in the cave city of Vardzia, with the valley of the Kura River below. The west-central slopes of the Meskheti Range in Ajaria as well as several locations in Samegrelo and Abkhazia are covered by temperate rain forests. Between 600–1,000 metres (1,969–3,281 ft) above sea level, the deciduous forest becomes mixed with both broad ...