DARGAVS, N. OSSETIA, RUSSIA – THE CITY OF THE DEAD

Dargavs also known as ‘ The City of the Dead ‘ is a place situated in Russia’s North Ossetia. This place is hidden in one of the five mountain ridges which cross this region. Dargavs is immersed in several legends and myths. It takes about three hours to reach this place from the nearest airport, Tbilisi Airport and the journey gets quite difficult when traveling through winding, narrow roads, and several hills.

A little History

Lets have some info about the place’s history. The history goes that during the ancient times, the Ossetian people would bury their loved ones here and later it became burial grounds for generations who came later. The small white buildings are crypts of people who are buried there and this Ossetian cemetery has a myth that who goes there never comes back. This is only because it is difficult to reach this area high up in the hills. Each family had their own crypt and people who died in that family was buried in their family crypt.

Lets see some photos now.

THE CRYPTS DARGAVS: N. OSSETIA, RUSSIA

'CITY OF DEAD'- DARGAVE, RUSSIA

TOMBS OF THE DEAD

TOMBS OF THE DEAD: ANOTHER VIEW

SERIES OF TOMBS

SCULLS AND BONES

REMAINS OF THE DEAD

Highlights of Dargavs

• Is a hill covered with small white buildings also know as ‘crypts’
• These buildings give the place its name
• There are countless structures here
• Also are stone crypts where locals buried their loved ones in
• The city is itself is an ancient Ossetian cemetery
• Every family of this area has a crypt (White structure/building)
• The higher the structure, the greater the number of people buried in it
• The oldest crypts date back to the 16th century

Stay option around Dargavs

• Hotel Gundauri
• Gudauri Hotel and Ski Resort
• Aragvi
• Orion Hotel
• Sanatorium Grushevaya Rosha
• RGK Trek
• Grand Kavaz Hotel
• Korona
• Dolina Narzanov Resort
• Hotel Gudauri marco Polo
• Toni Hotel
• Hotel Carpe Diem
• Panama
• Mini Hotel George

Distance to Dargavs from various nearby locations

• Tbilisi Airport (distanced approximately 140 km)
• Baku – Downtown (distanced approximately 500 km)
• Krasnodar Airport (distanced approximately 500 km)
• Baku International AIRPORT (distanced approximately 540 km)
• Lviv (distanced approximately 750 km)