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Photo: Paata Vardanashvili from Tbilisi, Georgia, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
A 6th-century cave monastery clinging onto a rocky hillside lying meters away from Azerbaijan, with beautiful frescos.
David Gareji is a rock-hewn Georgian Orthodox monastery complex located in the Kakheti region of Eastern Georgia, on the half-desert slopes of Mount Gareja on the edge of the Iori Plateau, some 60–70 km southeast of Georgia's capital Tbilisi. The complex includes hundreds of cells, churches, chapels, refectories and living quarters hollowed out of the rock face.
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Ruins of a fortress near Sartichala, a former settlement of Germans from Baden Württemberg, who called it Marienfeld. The castle was built during the 3-4th century with the town below to safeguard the canyon of the Iori river against the Persians and Arabs. During the reign of Vakhtang I of Iberia, the castle was extended and used as his residency. In 914, Ujarma was conquered by the Arabs, and the castle was destroyed consequently. In 12th century the castle was rebuilt and renovated by Georgian King Giorgi III., but repeatedly destroyed in the following centuries.
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The Church of the Mother of God built in the 9th century with a complex architecture. It combines a three church basilica and the central building with a high dome. Based on this type of building, many Georgian churches were built starting from the 11th century.
Ruins from a 13th-century church.
St. Mariam Church / წმინდა მარიამის სახელობის
This complex contains Akhali and Dzveli Shuamta, which were renovated in 2008, including a paved road for access.