The very top
The rock
Countryside seen from Uplistsikhe
The Theatre
Unusual Soviet Monument
myself 23, somewhere in Georgia
Uplistsikhe panorama
Narikala Fortress
A gate to the greenery
Gelati monastery
Gelati monastery
With locals, at Gelati monastery
Meeting the local boys
Gori fortress
Ska & ethno
Somewhere in/between
Ethno & punkrock
Gori, Stalin's museum
Uplistsikhe
A Cult
Uplistsikhe
Uplistsikhe
Uplistsikhe
Uplistsikhe
Uplistsikhe
A troglodyte town in the Caucasus
Borjomi town
The 'old times'
In the middle of nowhere
Batumi Botanical Garden
Under a banana tree
Batumi Botanical Garden
Murderer's museum
Batumi Mosque
Batumi port
Cars of Kutaisi
The weariness of a low-cost travel
Wonderful green mountains of Ossetian part of Cauc…
Wonderful green mountains and our story
Something about the God
Inside the church darkness
Bagrati cathedral in BW
Glory to the people
Somewhere along the road in Georgia
Orthodox Church Mystery
Hotel / Zugdidi
Hotel / Zugdidi
Sphinx or a mother
Somewhere in South Ossetia
Black sand beach
Batumi - hotel 1 May
Socialist realism of Tbilisi
From Hell
Sculpture of Ietim Gurji
Zion Cathedral of Tbilisi
Kutaisi - mystery cathedral
Streets (pigs) of Zugdidi
Timotesubani Monastery near Borjomi
Three Slovaks in a café in Kutaisi
A view from above Kutaisi
Batumi Holy Mother Virgin Nativity Cathedral
Daba - monastery
Somewhere around Borjomi?
Somewhere around Borjomi
Another view (Daba, Borjomi)
A view (Daba Borjomi)
Wild stream
Bagrati Cathedral: Wired
Kutaisi - wiring
Bagrati Cathedral
Gelati Monastery
Svaneti
Svaneti
The mountain river
This is Caucasus
Streets of Mestia (with power lines)
Power Grid
Trekking view at Mestia
Caucasus - Svaneti
Svaneti - a view
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You’ve noticed a building that does not quite fit in with its surroundings. The Prince Church is an ancient structure that dates back to the 9th or 10th centuries and is located in Uplistsikhe, an ancient rock-hewn town in eastern Georgia. It is one of the few structures that survived the Mongol invasion, despite the Mongols killing thousands of monks. The reason why the Mongols spared the church is unclear, but it is possible that they used it as their base of operations during the invasion. Uplistsikhe was a pagan holy place before Georgia's conversion to Christianity, and there would have been a prominent temple on the site. It is noteworthy that many churches throughout the Caucasus region were built over the ruins of demolished temples. The decline of Uplistsikhe began in the 12th century after Mongol invasions, although it was still functioning for the next few centuries.
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