Mtskheta City - Ancient capital of Georgia, one of the most ancient cities-fortresses in Georgia. Located on the Mtkvari (Kura) River and the Georgian Military Road, it is only 16 km from Tbilisi. Founded in the first millennium BCE, Mtskheta was the capital of ancient Iberia between the […]
Founded in VI c. AD by the head of the 13 Assyrian Fathers - St. Ioane Zedazneli, (John of Zedazeni), Zedazeni Monastery is located north-east of Mtskheta, on the slope of a hill covered with dense virgin forest. The tradition clames that, St. John deliberately choose this place, where t […]
“North of Ujarma and east of the Iori, stands Bochorma fortress. From Bochorma to Ujarma there is a strong, mountainous, rocky valley, which used to be covered with buildings and churches. And Bochorma was built by the wife of Kartlos, who gave it the name Dedatsikhe (Mother or Main Fortr […]
Jvari Monastery - In the East of Mtskheta, at the mouth of the Mtkvari and the Aragvi, on the rocky mountain there is Jvari Monastery. After the spread of Christianity in Kartli by Saint Nino, in 326 there started building of Christian Temples. Mirian King of Georgia set a cross, as a sym […]
Shiomgvime - The famous Shiomgvime Monastery is located in the Kura river gorge, in a distance of 12 km. north-west of Mtskheta, on the very foot of crumbly rocks with the edges resembling an ancient Amphitheatre spotted with lots of once used hermit sells. All essential buildings of the […]
Samtavro Monastery - The Samtavro Periscvalba (“Transfiguration”) Cathedral is a cross-domed structure. It is part of the monastery complex. The wall of XIX century belongs to the monastery complex, a XVIII c. tower, a three-storey bell tower of XV-XVI c. and Saint Nino Church (Makvlova […]
Gergeti Trinity church (Gergeti Sameba) In the Tergi Valley, with Mount Mkinvartsveri in the background, there stands the only domed church in the mountainous country of Georgia Gergeti Sameba (Trinity) Church. According to Vakhushti Batonishvili, during the centuries the main symbol of […]
Ananuri Fortress - Ananuri Complex is one of the most important monuments of the Late Feudal Age on the Georgian military road, where the cult and fortification constructions gather. Ananuri was the property and the main forepost of the Aragvi Eristavis, which was neither the Eristavis’ f […]
Svetitskhoveli Cathedral - The most important monument of Georgian culture, art and architecture – 54 meter-high Svetitskhoveli stands at the confluence of the Mtkvari and the Aragvi. The history of the temple is inseparable from the history of Georgia. The place of the Svetitskhoveli and […]