Chronicle of Georgia: Draped Figure Seen from Below

Draped Figure Seen from Below. Rust-red streaks and green patina are signs of decades of rain and sun — the memorial ages like the history it tells. A close-up 360° view of the bronze reliefs under a soft cloudy sky, with Tbilisi below. In the reign of Queen Tamar the cave city of Vardzia grew into a monastery carved hundreds of rooms deep into a cliff above the Mtkvari.