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Georgia country - is the English name of the country, situated at the junction of Europe and Asia that has only recently gained independence and restored her statehood, lost almost two hundred years ago. It is also the name by which she is known in the greater part of the modem European languages (French - Georgie, German - Georgien, Spanish - Georgiano, Italian - Georgia, etc.). This name com es from the Latin - “georgiani”.

 Jaque de Vitry (1160-1240), the French scholar and churchman, tried to explain the term etymologically as early as in the 13th century in his work “Historia Hierosolimitana abbreviata”, written in Latin. He dedicated a whole chapter to elucidating this question.

 He wrote: “There is a Christian nation in the East, great warriors, quick while fighting, of sturdy build, as if made of oak. They have a numerous army. They arouse mortal fear in Saracens and often defeat Persians, Medians and Assyrians as well as other infidels that surrounded her from all sides. These people are called georgiani, for they worship most of all, revere greatly and idolize Saint George whom they consider to be their protector and patron in their wars…”

 The worship of St. George is of special reverence in Georgia indeed, but contemporary scholarship has a different interpretation of this ethnonym. It must be coming from the Middle and Modem Persian languages in which “gurgan” means “the country of wolves” that must be a totem designation of ancient Georgians.

 It is also known that one of the southern states of the USA has the same name (Georgia), but it is an accidental coincidence of names and it has nothing to do with the Caucasian Georgia. The Georgians call themselves “Kartveli”, and their country “Sakartvelo”.

Sataplia
Natural Wonders
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Sataplia Nature reserve is mostly covered with the characteristic subtropical colchic forest containing beech, box-tree and hornbeam groves. Hiking in the dense forests, you can listen to t […]
sataplia cave
Tskaltubo
Natural Wonders Resorts
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Tskaltubo Spa resort is located in the central part of western Georgia. Its climate is conditioned by the resort’s location in the zone of humid subtropics, the proximity of the Black Sea a […]
Tskaltubo
Poti Cathedral
Architecture
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Georgian Orthodox Churches
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Poti Cathedral - The Guria-Samegrelo eparchy church was established in Poti during the 19th century. The military governor of Kutaisi established a committee for the building of a Cathedral […]
Poti Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Shota Rustaveli Encirclement, Center, Poti, Samegrelo-Upper Svaneti, Georgia
Bakuriani Ski Resort
Natural Wonders Resorts
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Bakuriani Ski Resort - Bakuriani is one of the most picturesque mountain resort areas in Georgia. Situated in the Borjomi Gorge on the northern slopes of the Trialeti Ridge, at an altitude […]
Bakuriani, Borjomi Municipality, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia
Toba Waterfall and Arsen Okrojanashviii Cave
Natural Wonders
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Toba Waterfall and Arsen Okrojanashviii Cave - Natural Monument Complex is lo­cated in Toba gorge In the left tributary of the river Abasha and represents the combination of Arsen Okrojanas […]
Toba Waterfall, Martvili Municipality, Samegrelo-Upper Svaneti, Georgia
Megrelian Oda House-Parna's Oda
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Architecture Museums
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Megrelian Oda House - Parna's Oda. "Parna's Oda" is located on the right bank of the Abasha River, as towards the Balda Canyon. and there's also a preparation house and a marani on the grounds.
Parna's Oda, Balda, Martvili Municipality, Samegrelo-Upper Svaneti, Georgia
Tsaishi Cathedral
Architecture
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Fortresses-Castles-Palaces Georgian Orthodox Churches
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Tsaishi Cathedral - is one of the oldest centers of Georgian culture. It is unique and one of the most ancient episcopates in Samegrelo, mentioned as an episcopate as far back as the 6th-7t […]
Tsaishi Cathedral, Rustaveli St, Tsaishi, Zugdidi Municipality, Samegrelo-Upper Svaneti, Georgia
Urbnisi Cathedral and Ancient City
Architecture
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Georgian Orthodox Churches
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Urbnisi Cathedral and the remains of an ancient city - Urbnisi cathedral stands in the center of a village spread on the high grounds of the Mtkvari (Kura) River bank. In early VI c AD, dur […]
Saint Stephane Church, Urbnisi, Kareli Municipality, Shida Kartli, Georgia
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