Caucasus
Georgia
Samtskhe-Javakheti

Vardzia

Vardzia a cave monastery site in Georgia, on the slopes of the Erusheti Mountain in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region of Georgia next to the border with Turkey.
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Photo: M Blissett, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tmogvi.

Photo: Gegart, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Tmkaberd is a ruined fortress and medieval town in the southern region of Samtskhe-Javakheti, on the left bank of the Kura River, a few kilometers downstream of the cave city of Vardzia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nakalakevi.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 6 km northeast of Vardzia.

Vardzia

Latitude
41.381° or 41° 22′ 52″ north
Longitude
43.2845° or 43° 17′ 4″ east
Population
500
Elevation
1,263 metres (4,144 feet)
Open location code
8HH597JM+9Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 218549971
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
831480
Wiki­data ID
Q691813
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Ukrainian—“Vardzia” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Варӡиа”
  • Albanian: “Varxhia”
  • Arabic: “فاردزيا”
  • Armenian: “Վարձիա”
  • Bashkir: “Вардзиа”
  • Belarusian: “Вардзіа”
  • Bulgarian: “Вардзия”
  • Catalan: “Monestir de Vardzia”
  • Catalan: “monestir de Vàrdzia”
  • Catalan: “Vàrdzia”
  • Chinese: “瓦尔齐亚”
  • Chinese: “瓦爾齊亞”
  • Croatian: “Vardzia”
  • Czech: “Klášter Vardzia”
  • Czech: “Vardzia”
  • Dutch: “Vardzia”
  • Esperanto: “Vardzia”
  • Estonian: “Vardzia”
  • Finnish: “Vardzia”
  • French: “Vardzia”
  • Georgian: “ვარძია”
  • German: “Wardsia”
  • Greek: “Βάρτζια”
  • Hebrew: “ורדזיה”
  • Hungarian: “Vardzia”
  • Italian: “Vardzia”
  • Japanese: “ヴァルジア”
  • Kirghiz: “Вардзия”
  • Korean: “바르지아”
  • Lithuanian: “Vardzija”
  • Maltese: “Vardzia”
  • Persian: “واردزیا”
  • Polish: “Wardzia”
  • Portuguese: “Vardzia”
  • Russian: “Вардзиа”
  • Russian: “Пещерная крепость Вардзия”
  • Serbian: “Вардзија”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de Vardzia”
  • Spanish: “Vardzia”
  • Swedish: “Vardzia”
  • Tatar: “Вардзиа мәгарәләр кәшишханәсе”
  • Turkish: “Vardzia”
  • Ukrainian: “Вардзіа”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Vardzia”. Photo: M Blissett, CC BY-SA 4.0.