Until, that is, you pass a hidden lane signposted with a picture of a church. This is the way to the Katskhi pillar – a natural limestone monolith that towers more than 130 feet, or 40 meters ...

By Matthew Day 06 September 2013 • 3:53pm Last of the Stylites Maxime Qavtaradze, who lives on top of the Katskhi Pillar, Georgia. Credit: Photo: REX/AMOS CHAPPLE Maxime Qavtaradze is following ...

In Georgia's remote Imereti region, monks scale the 40m-high Katskhi Pillar in a daring, nerve-jangling ascent. The reason: to get closer to God. As I drove through the remote Imereti region of ...

Embark on a journey to the heart of central Georgia, where the ancient Katskhi Pillar rises 130ft above the breathtaking landscape. Witness the evolution of this natural limestone rock ...

Katskhi pillar, Georgia Perched on top of the 130 ft high Katskhi Pillar in Georgia, is probably the world’s most sacred, and isolated church. Located around 200 km west of Georgia's capital ...

This spot became one of the richest towns in Africa during the diamond boom in 1910. Katskhi Pillar, Georgia Sitting on top of the 130 ft high Katskhi Pillar in Georgia, it’s probably the world ...

The Katskhi pillar in Tbilisi, Georgia, is a natural limestone monolith. On top sits a small church originally built in the 7th century. The Katskhi pillar in Tbilisi, Georgia, is a natural ...

Katskhi Pillar (Church of St. Maximus the Confessor) in the western region of Georgia, and Mezquita Catedral de Córdoba (Great Mosque of Cordóba) in Spain, and several more. From ancient ...

Established in the 9th or 10th century, the Katskhi pillar is a 40-meter-high limestone monolith upon which a monastery was built. Some monks of the Georgian Orthodox Church make a pilgrimage to the ...

Until, that is, you pass a hidden lane signposted with a picture of a church. This is the way to the Katskhi pillar – a natural limestone monolith that towers more than 130 feet, or 40 meters ...