What To See In Georgia ?

Traveling and Explore Georgia (Caucasus)

Website about Georgia (country) and this peoples

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”.

Toba Waterfall and Arsen Okrojanashviii Cave
Natural Wonders
Toba Waterfall, Martvili Municipality, Samegrelo-Upper Svaneti, Georgia
Megrelian Oda House-Parna's Oda
Museums, Architecture
Parna's Oda, Balda, Martvili Municipality, Samegrelo-Upper Svaneti, Georgia
Tsaishi Cathedral
Architecture
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Fortresses-Castles-Palaces, Georgian Orthodox Churches
Tsaishi Cathedral, Rustaveli St, Tsaishi, Zugdidi Municipality, Samegrelo-Upper Svaneti, Georgia
Urbnisi Cathedral and Ancient City
Architecture
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Georgian Orthodox Churches
Saint Stephane Church, Urbnisi, Kareli Municipality, Shida Kartli, Georgia
Mtskheta City
Museums, Architecture
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Fortresses-Castles-Palaces, Georgian Orthodox Churches
Mtskheta, Mtskheta Municipality, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia
Timotesubani Monastery
Architecture
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Georgian Orthodox Churches
Timotesubani Monastery, Timotesubani, Borjomi Municipality, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia
Borjomi Park
Natural Wonders, Resorts
Borjomi Park, Borjomi, Borjomi Municipality, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia
Borjomi
Natural Wonders, Resorts
Borjomi, Borjomi Municipality, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia
Surami Fortress
Resorts, Architecture
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Fortresses-Castles-Palaces
Surami Fortress, Chonkadze Street, Surami, Khashuri Municipality, Shida Kartli, Georgia
Chakvinji Fortress
Architecture
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Fortresses-Castles-Palaces
Chakvinji Fortress, Djikhaskari, Zugdidi Municipality, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
New Shuamta (Akhali Shuamta)
Architecture
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Georgian Orthodox Churches
Shuamta New Monastery, Telavi Municipality, Kakheti, Georgia
Zedazeni Monastery
Architecture
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Georgian Orthodox Churches
Zedazeni Monastery, Saguramo, Mtskheta Municipality, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia
Tbilisi Ethnographic Museum
Museums
Merab Berdzenishvili Street, Zemo Vake, Vake, Vake District, Tbilisi, Georgia
Tsinandali Palace
Museums
Museum Alexander Chavchavadze, Alley of love, Tsinandali, Telavi Municipality, Kakheti, Georgia
Kashveti Church
Architecture
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Georgian Orthodox Churches
Kashveti Church of St. George, 9, Shota Rustaveli Avenue, Sololaki, Mtatsminda District, Tbilisi, Georgia
Tbilisi Archeology Museum
Museums
Former Tbilisi's Archeological Museum, Motsikulta Stsori Nino Street, Dighomi village, Dighomi, Saburtalo District, Tbilisi, Georgia
Zemo Krikhi Church
Architecture
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Georgian Orthodox Churches
Zemo Krikhi Archangel Church, Ambrolauri, Ambrolauri Municipality, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, Georgia
Nekresi Monastery
Architecture
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Georgian Orthodox Churches
The Monastery Complex of Nekresi, Kvareli Municipality, Kakheti, Georgia
Georgian Art Museum
Museums
Shalva Amiranashvili State Museum of Arts of Georgia, 1, Lado Gudiashvili Street, Mtatsminda, Mtatsminda District, Tbilisi, Georgia
David Gareja
Architecture
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Fortresses-Castles-Palaces, Georgian Orthodox Churches
David Gareja Lavra, David Gareja Monastery Complex, Sagarejo Municipality, Kakheti, Georgia
Kumurdo Cathedral
Architecture
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Georgian Orthodox Churches
Ruins of Kumurdo Cathedral, Sh 126, Kumurdo, Akhalkalaki Municipality, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia
Dzveli Shuamta
Architecture
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Georgian Orthodox Churches
Dzveli Shuamta, Telavi Municipality, Kakheti, Georgia
Ujarma Fortress Town
Architecture
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Fortresses-Castles-Palaces, Georgian Orthodox Churches
Ujarma Museum-Reserve, Ujarma, Sagarejo Municipality, Kakheti, Georgia
Bochorma Castle
Architecture
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Fortresses-Castles-Palaces, Georgian Orthodox Churches
Bochorma Castle, Track to Bochorma Castle, Grdzelvelebi, Tianeti Municipality, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia
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