Katskhi Pillar, a 40 metre (130 ft) high natural limestone monolith. In 1944, 600yo church ruins and the bones of the last stylite who lived there. In


Katskhi Pillar, a 40 metre (130 ft) high natural limestone monolith. In 1944, 600yo church ruins and the bones of the last stylite who lived there. In 1993 Maxime Qavtaradze, a solitary monk began rebuilding the chapel and hermitage, scaling a 131-foot ladder in order to leave and enter his lofty home.


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