Iazoni Cave Natural Monument

Iazoni Cave Natural Monument (Georgian: იაზონის მღვიმე) also known as Tskaltsitela Cave[2] is a karst cave located across the river Tskaltsitela near village Godogni, Terjola Municipality, just outside Kutaisi in Imereti region of Georgia, 135 metres above sea level.

[3] Cave is on the right bank of Tskaltsitela river, the tributary of the Rioni, near Godogni village bridge.

Iazoni cave is carved in the Lower Cretaceous limestone, which is a riverbed material.

Cave is notable for it arch-shaped ceilings naturally decorated with small stalactites accompanied by stalagmites on the floor.

[1] Paleontological findings of animal bones and flint tools established presence of cave dwellers of the Paleolithic Age.