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Vani

Coordinates:42°05′05″N42°30′12″E / 42.0846°N 42.5034°E /42.0846; 42.5034
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Place in Imereti, Georgia
Vani
ვანი
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Vani is located in Georgia
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Vani is located in Imereti
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Coordinates:42°05′02.18″N42°30′43.01″E / 42.0839389°N 42.5119472°E /42.0839389; 42.5119472
Country Georgia
MkhareImereti
MunicipalityVani
Elevation
60 m (200 ft)
Population
 (2024)[1]
 • Total
3,209
Time zoneUTC+4 (Georgian Time)
ClimateCfa
Websitevani.org.ge
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Vani (Georgian:ვანი) is a town inImereti region of a westernGeorgia, at the Sulori river (a tributary of theRioni river), 41 km southwest from the regional capitalKutaisi. The town with the population of 3,744 (2014) is an administrative center of theMunicipality of Vani comprising also 40 neighbouring villages (total area – 557 km2; population – 24,512, 2014).

Archaeology

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Systematicarchaeological studies (N.Khoshtaria, O.Lortkiphanidze) carried out in the Vani environs since 1947 revealed the remnants of a rich city of the ancient power ofColchis. The name of this ancient settlement is still unknown but four distinct stages of uninterrupted occupation have been identified. The first phase is dated to the 8th to 7th centuries BC. In this period Vani is presumed to have been a major cultic centre. The second phase - end of the 7th and beginning of the 6th to the first half of the 4th century BC - is represented by cultural layers, remains of wooden structures, sacrificial altars cut in the rocky ground, and rich burials. It is assumed that on this stage Vani was the centre of a political-administrative unit of the kingdom ofColchis. The third phase covers the second half of the 4th to the first half of the 3rd century BC. It is represented largely by rich burials, remains of stone structures. To the fourth phase (3rd to mid-1st centuries BC) belong defensive walls, the so-called small gate, sanctuaries and cultic buildings (temples, altars sacrificial platforms), and the remains of a foundry for casting bronze statues. It is assumed that in the 3rd to 1st centuries BC Vani was a temple-city. According to the archaeological data, the city was destroyed in the mid-1st century BC. Subsequently, Vani declined to a village and was officially granted a status of a town only in 1981.

In a town Vani there is a museum (founded in 1985), where some unique pieces of the ancientColchis are exhibited.

International relations

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Twin towns — sister cities

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^"Population by regions". National Statistics Office of Georgia. Retrieved29 April 2024.
  2. ^"Sister Cities International – 2013 Membership Directory".
  3. ^"Municipality of Vani"(PDF). Archived fromthe original(PDF) on August 20, 2013.
  4. ^"Municipality of Vani".
  5. ^"Municipality of Vani". Archived fromthe original on April 25, 2012.

Bibliography

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  • Lordkipanidze O., "Vani, An Ancient City of Colchis."Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies. 32(2): 151–195, 16 plates. Durham, USA, 1991.

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