Bishops Mountain (also known as Mount Khvamli) located 70 kilometers north of Kutaisi. The mountain is notable for being mentioned in historical sources — during the Tatar-Mongol invasion, royal treasures...
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Rioni river. Bishops mountain
Bishops Mountain is the unofficial name of Mount Khvamli. It is located 70 kilometers north of Kutaisi and rises 2,000 meters above sea level. A stone chapel still stands on...
Kutaisi. King Bagrat fortress ruins
Bagrat III, born in the 960s in Iberia, was the son of Gurgen I of Iberia and Gurandukht, daughter of King George II of Abkhazia, making him heir to the...
Kutaisi surroundings. Gaenati monastery
The exact origin and meaning of the name Gelati is unknown. According to the most convincing version, the word derives from the Greek γενέθλια (genethlia — “Birth”), since the cathedral’s...
Rioni river
It is likely that the name "Rioni" is derived from the Svan language (word "rien" means "big river"). With a total length of 327 kilometers, the Rioni is one of...
Kutaisi view
Archaeological evidence shows that Kutaisi was the capital of the Colchian Kingdom as early as the VI-V centuries BC. Ancient authors associated ithis city with the myth of the Argonauts....