THEMATIC TOUR – PETRIFIED HISTORY OF MEGALITHS
Presentation of the guided tour theme
About 5000 years ago, Georgian tribes living in the territories of historical Tao-Klarjeti (Diaohi) and Lazeti began to build cyclopean structures. Only a few megalithic civilizations in the world reached such a scale as Georgia, whose territorial space is covered with structures built from stones weighing several tons.
Georgia has always been part of ancient civilizations, and this is reflected in its architecture. Georgian megaliths are buildings of different types and purposes and are presented in the form of fortifications, residential complexes, religious buildings and tombs. The real purpose of many buildings is not fully known. Researchers note that the megaliths of Georgia are very similar to the megaliths common in Sardinia and Spain.
The megaliths, preserved for thousands of years, have raised many unanswered questions. Today, not only ordinary people, but also scientists cannot answer these questions. The proto-Georgians moved huge boulders and stacked them on top of each other. Why and how remains unclear to this day? What led to the need to create such heavily fortified structures at the cost of incredibly hard labor?
Our tour program includes a visit to almost all important megalithic structures of Georgia. You will learn about possible versions of their origin and purpose of these mysterious objects of the planet, shrouded in mystery. You will get acquainted with the origins of the most ancient civilization of this amazing country, the unique content of which amazes the modern world community.
Thematic attractions visited:
- Avranlo Megalithic Complex;
- Santha Megalithic Fortress;
- Saro Megalithic Complex;
- Gogichaant Gele Megalithic Complex;
- Gumbati Megalithic Fortress;
- Kaurma Megalithic Fortress;
- Lodovani Megalithic Complex;
- Nardevani Megalithic Fortress;
- Shaori Megalithic Fortress.
Organizational details:
- The price of one person $ (US Dollars) – from 45 USD for one day.
- The cost of each excursion is discussed individually, depends on the number of people and varies (±) from 45 USD for one day.
- Price Includes: The appropriate type of Transport, Accommodation with breakfast, Services of professional guide.
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- Timetables : on request
| Nomber of persons | 1-3 per | 4-8 per | 9-19 per | 20-40 per |
| Mode of transport | Sedan | Minivan | Minibus | Bus |
*The tour program is based on our experience and the opinions of our completely different clients. These are semi-finished schemes and programs that can be easily reworked. Add or subtract the number of excursion days. Sort or redo the excursion day, change the sequence, the duration, prices….
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Included/Excluded
- The appropriate type of Transport
- Accommodation with breakfast
- Services of professional guide
Tour Plan
Visit to the Sameba Cathedral – the Temple was really built on a grandiose scale, its sparkling golden dome can be seen from almost anywhere in Tbilisi. The temple is part of a whole complex, which also includes the residence of the Patriarch and the monastery, theological seminary and academy, a hotel; as well as a complex of nine chapels, five of which are located underground.
Transfer for Europe Square (Rike Square), which is located in the heart of the Old City. At present, the city is a quiet charm of the crooked, sun-drenched streets of Tbilisi, the terraces of houses twined with vines, ancient churches with tiled domes.
Visit to the Metekhi Temple. On the elevated rocky bank of the Kura River stands a majestic witness to the long and exciting history of Tbilisi – the Metekhi temple. Once upon a time there was a palace of local kings, which, according to historians, was erected by the founder of the city, Vakhtang Gorgasali. There is a beautiful observation platform from which you can admire the Old Town lying opposite across the Kura.
Visiting the Narikala fortress, which is the most ancient monument, a kind of “soul and heart of the city”. The date of construction of the fortress is called approximately the 4th century AD, that is, it stands, in fact, from the foundation of the city itself. In the future, the fortress was expanded and completed several times.
Visiting the Tbilisi sulfur baths, built in the style of classical oriental architecture. These are low, squat buildings, topped with semicircular domes with large glass openings in the center, which served as windows that illuminate the interior, since the baths themselves are below ground level.
Legvtakhevi is located in the center of old Tbilisi, behind the sulfur baths. This part of old Tbilisi is distinguished by individual landscape architecture, at the same time it is characterized by a significant architectural, historical and cultural heritage. There is also the central entrance to the Tbilisi Botanical Garden. From the high observation deck, located at the entrance to the garden, you can see the Legvtakhevi gorge, into which a 20-meter waterfall falls from a ledge of a rock.
Visit to the Sioni Cathedral – historically the main temple of Tbilisi, named after Mount Zion and consecrated in honor of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is located on the banks of the Kura River in Old Tbilisi. Some hierarchs of the Georgian Church are buried in the cathedral, and its main relic is the ancient cross of St. Nino, who brought Christianity to Georgia.
Visiting the mount Mtatsminda. One of the mountains around Tbilisi, called the “Holy Mountain” by analogy with the Holy Mountain of Athos. The funicular is a railway, a 500-meter road allows you to get out in the middle of the mountain, where you can visit the Pantheon of writers and public figures of Georgia, as well as climb to the Mtatsminda Amusement Park itself and enjoy the majestic panoramic views of the city.
An amazing fact is that the megalithic structures of Georgia are located clearly in one line, stretching from west to east. It is noteworthy that they are located at an altitude of about 3000 above sea level, where there is no drinking water and living for a person is unrealistic. Confirmation is the fact that not a single evidence of human habitation was found in the buildings, which once again suggests the idea of extraterrestrial origin
Visiting the megalithic complexes of Lodovani – one of the oldest surviving megalithic complexes in Georgia, which is also known by the name of the nearby village – Gokhnari (formerly called Adzikvi) or Lodovani of Gokhnari. This complex has been used by people for many centuries and millennia. According to megalith researchers, there are buildings on the territory of the Lodovqni megalith complex from the pre-Bronze Age to the Middle Ages, when underground tunnels were used for shelter during enemy raids.
Visite to the Megalithic Fortress of Santha – located above the village of Santha of the same name, on the southern slope of the Trialeti Range, at an altitude of 1580 m above sea level, 22 km from Tsalka. The ruins of the Cyclopean fortress date back to the Bronze Age (beginning of the 1st millennium BC). There is also a church of the XI-XII centuries with lapidary inscriptions. The cyclopean structure consisted of two parts – the upper and lower castles. The settlement of the upper fortress, built on the top of a high ridge, for some time was completely enclosed by a defensive wall.
Megalithic Fortress of Gumbati. The oldest fortress walls are built of large unworked boulders, folded dry in one row along the width of the wall. The length of the fortress is 17 meters, the width is 8 meters, the thickness of the walls is 3 meters. The building is rectangular, with two-arch countertops to the south and north, one in the middle, the other two on the ridges. the front door is near the south countertop. The walls with buttresses protruding outwards are built in two rows of almost unworked boulders filled with small stones.
Overnight in Tsalka
Visiting the Megalithic Fortress of Avranlo – megalithic fortification located in the Tsalka municipality in the Kvemo Kartli region and dates back to the 3rd-2nd millennium BC. Avranlo is a megalithic complex consisting of three tiers of terraces overlooking the river canyon. Archaeological excavations in the adjacent fields north of the megalithic fortress led to the settlement of the Kuro-Araxes culture and the necropolis of the 12th-11th centuries BC.
Megalithic Fortress of Nardevani is an interesting and original fortress in the southern region of Georgia, Samtskhe-Javakheti. Presumably it was built in the Late Bronze Age. Cyclopean building Above the village of Nardevani, whose inhabitants (Armenians) moved in 1828 from Ottoman Turkey to Georgia. Nardevani Fortress has a wave-like shape with semicircular towers. The walls were built of roughly processed large boulders with internal backfilling.
Megalithic Fortress of Shaori is built on a mountain, which is an extinct volcano. Megalithic structure of the Bronze Age in the region of Samtskhe-Javakheti. With its apparent simplicity, the complex is of great importance. Archaeoastronomical studies have shown that it is oriented in the direction of a horizon point with a geodetic azimuth of 98-100 degrees. This may indicate the likely use of the complex as a solar observatory.
Overnight in Akhalkalaki
Visiting the Megalithic Fortress of Kaurma – an oval-shaped fortress. It consists of 2 parts: the outer wall (length – 180 meters, width on average – 70 meters) and the “citadel” (50X20m), located inside. The laying of the outer wall is simpler. The inner wall is assembled from roughly processed stones of large sizes of a red hue. Backfilling technology was used for construction. The width of the “citadel” wall is about 1.5 meters. The entrance to the inner fortress is marked by two “columns” – menhirs. Inside the fortress, the contours of the premises are guessed. Whether the fortress was inhabited is unclear.
The megaliths of Saro are relevant primarily because of the scale of what was created here. The total area, where traces of cyclopean buildings are visible, covers several thousand square meters. All this is usually divided into three parts: “Lower Fortress”, which is at the western tip of today’s village. “Upper fortress” – it covers the territory located in close proximity to the temple of the Archangels. The “New Fortress” is what is located northwest of the “Upper Fortress”.
The Gogichaant Gele megalithic complex is located in the village of Chobiskhevi, Borjomi municipality, in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region, in the middle of a forest-covered mountain. There are many buildings on the territory of the megalithic complex, which are located on several terraces. The Gogichaant Gele complex includes two main stages of construction: pre-Christian and Christian. In the central part of the settlement, stone halls with conical domes were built, around which a medieval settlement arose in Christian times.
Overnight in Tbilisi
Free time.
Transfer to airport.
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