Cave sights in Georgia
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Uplistsikhe
Uplistsikhe is strategically located, with a deep valley to the east and cliffs to the west. Entering the main part of the site, you pass through what was the main gate, at the head of a small ravine, then wind your way up the main street. Over to the left, on the southwest edge of the site overlooking the river, you'll see a cave with a pointed arch carved in the rock above it. Inside, the ceiling is carved with octagonal designs in a similar style to Caracalla's Baths in Rome.
Known as the Theatre, this is probably a temple dating from the 1st or 2nd century AD, where religious mystery plays may have been performed.
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Vanis Qvabebi
About 1.5km past Tmogvi Castle, up on the left of the road, are the remains of Vanis Qvabebi, a cave monastery that predated Vardzia by four centuries, with a maze of tunnels inside the rock.
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Sun Temple
On the right of Tamaris Darbazi is a large cave building with the remains of four columns - probably originally a Sun Temple, used for animal sacrifices, and later converted into a Christian basilica.
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Cave City
This impressive and once enormous cave city, on the north bank of the Mtkvari, 10km east of Gori, is one of the oldest places of settlement in the Caucasus.
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