Unusual places in Georgia that are worth visiting first. Georgian New Athos cave.
One of the main attractions of Georgia is the New Athos Caves. The length of the caves is very impressive, it reaches three thousand kilometers! You won't be able to complete them all in one day. The coastal part of the caves rises eighty meters above the sea, and the rest six hundred. A must to visit!
The New Athos Monastery was founded in 18884-1896 by the monks of the Cathedral of St. Pantelei, located in Greece, on Mount Athos. For the construction of the complex, it was necessary to cut off part of the mountain and bring out several thousand tons of earth and rocks.
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New Athos is located on the Black Sea coast on the northern slopes of the Iveriyskaya mountain. The relief here is varied: the coastal strip is located at an altitude of 80 meters above sea level, and the rest of the city is on the slopes of the Bzybsky Range, at an altitude of 600 meters.
The first settlements on the slopes of the Iberian Mountain appeared 3,000 years ago BC. And already at the beginning of our era, the first Christians settled here. Two of the twelve apostles of Christ - Svimon Kananeli and Andrew the First-Called - settled in the vicinity of Anakofia (the old name of the city), in a small cave. It was from here that the spread of Christianity began in Georgia. At the place where Svimon Kananeli was tortured (presumably, here is the place of his burial), in the 11th-10th centuries. built the Apostolic Church.
The main attraction of New Athos - the New Athos caves, or as they are also called "bottomless pits", was discovered in 1961. The total length of the cave system is 3285 m. One of the halls of the cave - "The Hall of Georgian speleologists" - is the largest in Europe. Its maximum length is 260 m, width - 30-75 m, height - 30-50 m.
Natural monuments of Georgia
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Новоафонские пещеры («бездонные ямы») были обнаружены в 1961 году. Суммарная длина пещерной системы 3285 м. Один из залов – самый большой в Европе, длиной 260 м, шириной— 30-75м, высотой - 30-50 м.
Новый Афон находится на побережье Чёрного моря на склонах Иверийской горы. Рельеф здесь разнообразен: прибрежная полоса – на высоте 80 метров, остальная –на высоте 600 метров. Первые поселения возникли 3 000 лет назад до н.э. В начале эры здесь поселились первые христиане, а двое из апостолов Христа - Свимон Кананели и Андрей Первозванный - поселились в окрестностях Анакофии, и началось распространение христианства в Грузии. Апостольскую церковь построили на том месте, где Свимона Кананели подвергли истязаниям.