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Satsurblia Cave
Satsurblia Cave Natural Monument ( ka, საწურბლიას მღვიმე) is a paleoanthropological site located 1.2 km from Kumistavi village, Tsqaltubo Municipality, in the Imereti region of Georgia, 287 meters above sea level. The karst cave was first excavated in 1976 by A. N. Kalandadze. In the Middle Ages the cave was used as a refuge. Morphology Satsurblia Cave is a karst cave, formed in the Sataphlia-Tskaltubo karst massif. The cave has many stalactites, stalagmites, travertines and large gourds of limestone. The entrance to the cave is 6 m wide. The first cave tunnel is 80 m long and has 12 to 150-degree slope. The tunnel evolves into steps of 1 - 1.5 m height. At 125 meters from the entrance there is a 5 meter thick flat plate in a large hall measured 30 meters by 25 meters. Fauna The inhabitants of the cave are '' Plutomurus'' and ''Oxychilus''.Barjadze, Sh., Arabuli, T., Mumladze, L., Maghradze, E., Asanidze, Z., Kutalia, TSatsurblia CaveCave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsqaltubo
Tskaltubo ( ka, წყალტუბო in English also commonly referred to as "Tskaltubo") is a Spa town, spa resort in west-central Georgia (country), Georgia. It is the main town of the Tsqaltubo Municipality of the Imereti province. It is known for its radon-carbonate mineral water, mineral springs, whose natural temperature of enables the water to be used without preliminary heating. The resort's focus is on balneotherapy for circulatory, nervous, musculo-skeletal, gynaecological and skin diseases, but since the 1970s its repertoire has included "speleotherapy", in which the cool dust-free environment of local caves is said to benefit pulmonary diseases. Tskaltubo was especially popular in the Soviet Union, Soviet era, attracting around 125,000 visitors a year. Bathhouse 9 features a frieze of Joseph Stalin, Stalin, and visitors can see the private pool where he bathed on his visits. Currently the spa receives only some 700 visitors a year, however, there are numerous r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
