Pillar Tops from the Drone. Seen from the air the memorial reveals its plan: a ring of pillars with arched tops, set on a stepped platform at the summit of the hill. A drone panorama above the memorial, showing the pillars, the plaza and the landscape all around. King Mirian III and Queen Nana accepted Christianity through Saint Nino, making Kartli one of the first kingdoms in the world to adopt it as the state faith.