Vardzia

E100994
archaeological site cave monastery complex rock-cut monastery tourist attraction

Vardzia is a medieval cave monastery complex in southern Georgia, renowned for its extensive rock-cut dwellings and frescoed church.

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Label Occurrences
Vardzia canonical 5

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
cave monastery complex ⓘ
rock-cut monastery ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoServedAs fortress ⓘ
royal residence ⓘ
associatedWith Tamar of Georgia ⓘ
surface form: Queen Tamar of Georgia
builtAs monastic complex ⓘ
builtDuringReignOf George III of Georgia ⓘ
Tamar of Georgia ⓘ
surface form: Queen Tamar of Georgia
constructionStart 12th century ⓘ
country Georgia ⓘ
dedicatedTo Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ
surface form: Dormition of the Mother of God
denomination Georgian Orthodox Church ⓘ
estimatedNumberOfCaves about 600 ⓘ
famousFor cave architecture ⓘ
extensive rock-cut dwellings ⓘ
medieval frescoes ⓘ
governingBody National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia ⓘ
hasFrescoDepicting George III of Georgia ⓘ
Tamar of Georgia ⓘ
surface form: Queen Tamar of Georgia
hasPart bell tower ⓘ
chapels ⓘ
defensive structures ⓘ
frescoed church ⓘ
irrigation system ⓘ
rock-cut dwellings ⓘ
terraces ⓘ
tunnels ⓘ
wine cellars ⓘ
heightAboveRiver about 100 metres ⓘ
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage tentative list ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List
locatedIn Aspindza ⓘ
surface form: Aspindza Municipality

Erusheti Mountain ⓘ
Samtskhe-Javakheti ⓘ
southern Georgia ⓘ
locatedOn left bank of the Kura River ⓘ
mainChurchBuilt 1180s ⓘ
mainChurchName Church of the Dormition ⓘ
mainConstructionPeriod reign of Queen Tamar ⓘ
numberOfStoreys up to 13 levels ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
originalNumberOfCaves around 3000 ⓘ
partOf historical region of Meskheti ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
sufferedEvent 1283 earthquake ⓘ
Mongol conquests ⓘ
surface form: Mongol invasions

Ottoman incursions ⓘ
timePeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ
unescoTentativeListSince 1993 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Samtskhe-Javakheti → containsMonastery → Vardzia ⓘ
Kingdom of Georgia → hasSite → Vardzia ⓘ
Samtskhe → containsMonastery → Vardzia ⓘ
Samtskhe → containsCaveMonastery → Vardzia ⓘ
Aspindza → near → Vardzia ⓘ