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History & culture Updated 13 September 2026

Uplistsikhe and Vardzia: Two Cities Cut Into Rock

A pagan settlement carved from stone and a monastery of hundreds of rooms in a cliff face: how Uplistsikhe and Vardzia differ and which to pick.

The stone entrance to a cave church cut into a cliff face at Vardzia, Georgia

History & culture Updated 11 May 2026

Vardzia: A City Carved Into a Cliff

Hundreds of chambers cut into a southern Georgian cliff in the twelfth century, with a frescoed church and an earthquake that took the front wall off.

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Uplistsikhe and Vardzia: Two Cities Cut Into Rock

Vardzia: A City Carved Into a Cliff