Vani

Vani is a town in Imereti vicinity of western Georgia, on the Sulori river, 41 km southwest from the nearby capital Kutaisi. The metropolis with the populace of 4,600. is an place of job of the Municipality of Vani comprising also forty three neighbouring villages. Systematic archaeological studies achieved within the Vani environs considering that 1947 found out the remnants of a wealthy town of the historic power of Colchis.

The name of this historic agreement continues to be unknown however 4 distinct tiers of uninterrupted profession had been recognized. The first section is dated to the 8th to 7th centuries BC. In this era Vani is presumed to were a main cultic centre. The 2nd section - cease of the 7th and beginning of the 6th to the primary third of the 4th century BC - is represented via cultural layers, remains of wood systems, sacrificial altars reduce within the rocky ground, and wealthy burials. It is believed that on this level Vani changed into the centre of a political-administrative unit of the kingdom of Colchis. The fourth segment covers the second one half of the 4th to the primary half of the third century BC.