Abastumani, located in the southern part of Georgia, has long been renowned for its healing springs rich in chlorine and sodium sulfate. In medieval Georgia, the territory of present-day Abastumani...
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Iveron Monastery
Ioann Tornike (around 920 – December 15, 984) was a Georgian military commander and the founder of the Iveron Monastery on Athos mount. Saint Tornike came from a noble family;...
Shota Rustaveli
From historical sources created during the poet's lifetime, practically nothing is known about Shota Rustaveli. He was born around 1160. By 1190, he was the treasurer of Queen Tamar (Rustaveli's...
Alexi-Meshkhishvili
Vladimir Sardionovich Alexi-Meshkhishvili was born in Tbilisi on February 28, 1857. His father, Sardion Alexi-Meshkhisvili, was a military doctor. Vladimir studied at a private boarding school in Tbilisi, and then...
Church of Simon the Canaanite
The construction of the Church of Simon the Canaanite dates back to the 9th-10th centuries. Simon the Canaanite was one of the apostles of Jesus Christ. According to Georgian chronicles,...
Akaki Tsereteli
Akaki Rostomovich Tsereteli was born on June 21, 1840, in the Imeretian village of Svikhtori. His father was Duke Tsereteli and his mother was the granddaughter of Imeretian King Solomon...