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Prometheus Cave Natural Monument
Prometheus Cave Natural Monument ( ka, პრომეთეს მღვიმე) also known as ''Kumistavi Cave'' ( ka, ყუმისთავის მღვიმე) and ''Tsqaltubo Cave'' ( ka, ღლიანის მღვიმე) is a karst cave located in Tsqaltubo Municipality in Imereti region of Georgia. Morphology Prometheus Cave formed in Sataphlia-Tskaltubo karst massif. The total length of the cave is about 11 km, of which 1060 m are open to visitors. The cave has a total of 22 halls, six of which are currently open to tourists.See exhibits from western Georgia’s iconic cave monument in new exhibition space
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Kutaisi
Kutaisi (, ka, ქუთაისი ) is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and the third-most populous city in Georgia, traditionally, second in importance, after the capital city of Tbilisi. Situated west of Tbilisi, on the Rioni River, it is the capital of the western region of Imereti. Historically one of the major cities of Georgia, it served as political center of Colchis in the Middle Ages as capital of the Kingdom of Abkhazia and Kingdom of Georgia and later as the capital of the Kingdom of Imereti. From October 2012 to December 2018, Kutaisi was the seat of the Parliament of Georgia as an effort to decentralise the Georgian government. History Archaeological evidence indicates that the city functioned as the capital of the Colchis in the sixth to fifth centuries BC. It is believed that, in ''Argonautica'', a Greek epic poem about Jason and the Argonauts and their journey to Colchis, author Apollonius Rhodius considered Kutaisi the ...
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