Spectacular historical site - Keshikchidag caves complex VIDEO
Aghstafa, September 18, AZERTAC
The next feature in AZERTAC’s “If I Were a Tourist” column highlights Keshikchidag caves complex in Aghstafa district.
The Keshikchidag State Historical and Cultural Reserve is located 75 kilometers from the center of Aghstafa district, bordering with Georgia. The historical site houses the 11-meter three-story Keshikchigala fortress, built for defensive purposes in the early Middle Ages, 7 natural and 69 artificial caves, two Albanian temples, the cult building "Gudrat spring", about 150 burial mounds, 6 residential camps, many shelters, food warehouses and wells.
This cave-temple complex, which fascinates visitors with its unique majestic appearance, and deemed as a stone inscription of the ancient land, has been a place of worship for millennia, not only for worshipers of heavenly bodies (Sun and Moon), fire worshipers, but also for Christian enthusiasts. The reserve’s territory is rich in historical, architectural, and religious monuments from the Stone Age to the modern era, alongside a vast collection of archaeological findings and cultural heritage samples.
To fully explore and experience the historical truths hidden in the obscured epochs in the dark caves of the Keshikchidag State Historical and Cultural Reserve, one must engage all senses and apply critical thinking rather than just observing.
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