Lodovani megalithic complex
There's one of the oldest extant megalithic complexes in Georgia at the territory of the Tetri Tskaro region. It is Lodovani.
The complex is situated at a distance of a few kilometres from the Manglisi - Tsalka highway.
![Lodovani-Лодовани. At first, you should go by Manglisi - Tsalka highway](http://tetri.info/places/img/lodovani/lodovani01.jpg)
You need to go up and walk away from the highway a little.
![Lodovani-Лодовани.](http://tetri.info/places/img/lodovani/lodovani02.jpg)
Quite soon you can see a pile of stones.
![Lodovani-Лодовани.](http://tetri.info/places/img/lodovani/lodovani03.jpg)
When approach to the mountain, you can see single stones.
Some of them look like if they were laid manually.
![Lodovani-Лодовани.](http://tetri.info/places/img/lodovani/lodovani04.jpg)
At the last stage, you need to go up a stone river.
![Lodovani-Лодовани.](http://tetri.info/places/img/lodovani/lodovani05.jpg)
It's not always clear what the stone constructions are - whether they're work of human hands or a freak of nature.
![Lodovani-Лодовани.](http://tetri.info/places/img/lodovani/lodovani07.jpg)
But soon you can see evident traces of human architectural work.
![Lodovani-Лодовани.](http://tetri.info/places/img/lodovani/lodovani11.jpg)
Here we found an entrance to the tunnel from which you can get to the underground part of the complex.
![Lodovani-Лодовани.](http://tetri.info/places/img/lodovani/lodovani12.jpg)
There are drywalls covered with large-tonnage slabs.
It is unclear how it was built three or four thousand years ago.
![Lodovani-Лодовани.](http://tetri.info/places/img/lodovani/lodovani13.jpg)
This room is almost cozy.
![Lodovani-Лодовани.](http://tetri.info/places/img/lodovani/lodovani14.jpg)
You can descend to the lower floors. There are many obstructions and it is very damp there.
The farhter we go, the lower the temperature gets.
Having passed a few more floors and a few more dozens of meters, we still have not reached the bottom.
We have to go back because the temperature is too low.
![Lodovani-Лодовани.](http://tetri.info/places/img/lodovani/lodovani15.jpg)
There is a thick layer of ground with different artifacts in the tunnel, especially in its remote parts.
![Lodovani-Лодовани.](http://tetri.info/places/img/lodovani/lodovani16.jpg)
On the surface, you can already distingush walls, arches and entrances to the tunnels easily.
![Lodovani-Лодовани.](http://tetri.info/places/img/lodovani/lodovani19.jpg)
Many tunnels rest against obstructions, but here we could again go quite far.
![Lodovani-Лодовани.](http://tetri.info/places/img/lodovani/lodovani20.jpg)
Beautiful ancient walls.
![Lodovani-Лодовани.](http://tetri.info/places/img/lodovani/lodovani21.jpg)
A familiar drywall.
![Lodovani-Лодовани.](http://tetri.info/places/img/lodovani/lodovani22.jpg)
We have to squeeze through some obstructions.
![Lodovani-Лодовани.](http://tetri.info/places/img/lodovani/lodovani23.jpg)
In this hall, water painted the stones with a beautiful pattern.
![Lodovani-Лодовани.](http://tetri.info/places/img/lodovani/lodovani24.jpg)
The surface again.
A quantity of constructions.
![Lodovani-Лодовани.](http://tetri.info/places/img/lodovani/lodovani25.jpg)
There is a stone with a hole at one of the entries.
![Lodovani-Лодовани.](http://tetri.info/places/img/lodovani/lodovani26.jpg)
I have seen such a stone already.
And also at the entry.
The purpose of these stones is incomprehensible.
![Lodovani-Лодовани.](http://tetri.info/places/img/lodovani/lodovani27.jpg)
We looked into this entry too.
![Lodovani-Лодовани.](http://tetri.info/places/img/lodovani/lodovani28.jpg)
A stage lower we get into a big hall.
![Lodovani-Лодовани.](http://tetri.info/places/img/lodovani/lodovani29.jpg)
And lower, we find some frozen water.
![Lodovani-Лодовани.](http://tetri.info/places/img/lodovani/lodovani31.jpg)
It is time to return.
![Lodovani-Лодовани.](http://tetri.info/places/img/lodovani/lodovani32.jpg)
We leave Lodovani by another route.
![Lodovani-Лодовани.](http://tetri.info/places/img/lodovani/lodovani33.jpg)
We pass by the lake Gokhnari.
![Lodovani-Лодовани.](http://tetri.info/places/img/lodovani/lodovani35.jpg)
We are going to the direction of the highway.