This restored monastery is on three levels, with buildings from many periods. You enter by a gateway decorated with reliefs illustrating stories of the monks’ harmony with the natural world. Inside you descend to a courtyard with the caves of Davit and his Kakhetian disciple Lukiane along one side, and the 6th-century cave church Peristsvaleba on the other side. Davit's tomb sits to the right of the church's icon screen.
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The 6th-century cave church Peristsvaleba contains Davit Gareja's tomb, to the right of the icon screen.
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