Rim Gora

Rim-Gora rises in the Kislovodsk basin on the northern slopes of the Caucasus. A large Alan settlement took shape on this height in the early Middle Ages and flourished between the tenth and twelfth centuries. Its elevated site offered natural protection, while nearby burial grounds preserve evidence of the people who lived in the surrounding basin. Rim-Gora was among the craft and trading centers of medieval Alania, in a landscape dotted with smaller fortified settlements.