Subscribe to my channel!-https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnnCpibZxFTE8LlQBtp1RjQ In 1185 by the Georgian throne, Tamara. Female ruler was unusual not only for Georgia but for the whole of Europe of the twelfth century. However, her reign was accompanied by the flourishing of culture. Tamara wanted to build a monastery, but there was a problem: mongolica Empire grew inexorably, and a small Georgia was under constant threat. Then the Queen had the idea to carve the monastery in the rock. In the twelfth century such large-scale construction required enormous physical effort. The motivation was of the Christian faith and the desire to protect their way of life and culture from the invasion of the Mongols. Natural caves were expanded and carved another 13 levels to create more than 6,000 residential places. To get to this underworld was possible only through a secret tunnel, which began in the nearby river Mcquarrie land hidden in the mountain of the monastery was characterized by high fertility. The monks even created a system of irrigation and water supply. Perhaps it was the first self-contained example (from the point of view of food and water) patterns in Europe, which was also impregnable.