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fiogf49gjkf0d MTSKHETA : AN OPEN AIR CITY MUSEUM.
40 KM OFF TBILISI, ARCHEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS, UNIQUE
SAMPLES OF MEDIEVAL ECCLESIASTICAL ARCHITECTURE OF GREAT
HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE HAVE SURVIVED HERE:
INSCRITIONS, RELIEFS, FRESCOES ETC..
JAVRI MONASTERY BUILT AT THE END OF 6TH CENTURY
CATHEDRAL OF SVETISKHOVELI BUILT FROM THE 11TH CENTURY
MTSKHETA HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE UNESCO LIST OF THE MOST
VALUABLE MONUMENTS OF THE WORLD ARCHITECTURE.
SIONI CATHEDRAL CHURCH THAT DATES FROM THE 5TH CENTURY.
THE PALIASHVILI OPERA HOUSE, FOUNDED IN 1851.
UPLISTSIKHE : AN ANCIENT CAVE TOWN
CARVED INTO THE SOFT STONE OF THE MOUNTAIN SIDE
88 KM FROM TBILISI.
NATURAL FORTIFICATION, ONE OF THE MOST MAGNIFICENT
SAMPLES OF CAVE ARCHITECTURE. ALL THE STRUCTURES DATE BACK
TO THE 5TH 6TH CENTURY. TEH RELICS FROM THE NECROPOLIS
ARE TYPICAL OF GEORGIA'S PRE ANTIQUE PERIOD BURIAL PLACES.
VANI : A TOWN TEMPLE OF THE ANCIENT COLCHIS
280 KM FROM TBILISI. THE SITE HAS YIELDED ARCHEOLOGICAL
EVIDENCE ATTESTING TO THE FACT THAT VANI WAS A WELL URBANISED
TOWN AND THE MOST IMPORTANT ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL CENTRE
OF COLCHIS IN HE 5TH 3RD CENTURIES.
THE VANI GOLD, PARTICULARLY THE MAGNIFICENT JEWELLERY, IS A
PRIDE OF GEORGIA'S GOLD TREASURY.
KUTAISI DOMESTIC AIRPORT IS 36KM FROM VANI.
VARDZIA : A MONUMENT OF CAVE ARCHITECTURE OF THE 12-13TH
CENTURIES 300 KM FROM TBILISI, IN ASPINDZA REGION IN THE
SOUTH WESTERN GEORGIA.
A CAVE MONASTERY & A COMPLEX OF MAN-MADE DWELLINGS CARVED
IN THE 2ND HALF OF THE 12TH CENTURY. LYING 1300 METRES
ABOVE SEA LEVEL, THIS 13 TIER ENSEMBLE EXTEND OVER 500
METRES. THE CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION IS THE IDEOLOGICAL
CENTRE OF THE MONASTERY. THE UNIQUE INTERIOR FRESCOES
ADD TO THE EMINENCE OF THE VARDZIA ENSEMBLE.
THE GONIO (APSARI) FORTRESS
FORTRESS OF GONIO IS ONE OF THE BEST PRESERVED ARCHITECTURAL
MONUMENTS. IT IS SITUATED IN THE VILLAGE OF GONIO ON THE COAST
OF THE BLACK SEA. A WEALTH OF GOLD ARTEFACTS DATING BACK TO THE
2ND-3RD CENTURIES WAS DISCOVERED ON THE TERRITORY OF THE GONIO
FORTRESS IN 1974.
BATUMI DOMESTIC AIRPORT IS 10 KM FRON GONIO.
BATUMI IS AN EXOTIC-LOOKING SUBTROPICAL CITY ON THE BLACK SEA
PALMS, CYPRESSES, MAGNOLIAS, OLEANDERS, LEMON & ORANGE TREES,
THUJA AND BOX TREES GROW FLOWERING AND FRAGRANT IN THIS
THRIVING BORDER TOWN. IT HAS A VARIETY OF ENTERTAINMENT
FACILITIES & A DOLPHINARIUM OF WHICH THE LOCALS ARE EXTREMELY
PROUD.
NEARBY THERE ARE BOTANICAL GARDENS, WHICH ARE A GENUINE
HIGHLIGHT.
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