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Mtkvari (Kura) river bank

The left bank of the Mtkvari

Tbilisi Galaktioni Bridge built in the Soviet Union - Hammer and sickle

Perched on the Cliff Top in Abanotubani, Tbilis

Abanotubani, Tbilis

Houses on the Abanotubani Cliffs, Tbilisi

Tbilisi canyon

Leghvtakhevi, in the Bath District (Abanotubani)

The Bath District

The Bath District (Abanotubani) of Tbilisi’s Old Town

The public bathhouses in Abanotubani district

Pastel colored houses and balconies of Tbilisi’s Old Town and the public bathhouses in Abanotubani district. Much of the Old Town has been restored under a scheme introduced by the Tbilisi government in 2009. Called “New Life for Old Tbilisi”, the scheme is restoring and rehabilitating Tbilisi’s historical districts and neighborhoods

the recently renovated Abanotubani area, famous for its Sulphur Baths and the square Moedani with its many restaurants

The style of the Old town is a mix of two influences, the tight winding streets of an Asian or Arabic town interwoven with European, classical Russian and Art Nouveau architecture

The houses in old town are mainly 19th century as much of the city was destroyed by the devastating Persian invasion of 1795

The Old Town is part of the Tbilisi Historic District and contains a number of officially designated monuments, churches, cobbled streets and picturesque pastel colored wooden houses with open, carved balconies. The mosque’s slender red-brick minaret is easy to spot from a distance. Located at the foot of Narikala fortress in Tbilisi’s oldest district, the Sunni mosque was built in the nineteenth century and interestingly not only features Islamic motifs but also Gothic. The Great Synagogue, also known as the Georgian Synagogue, was built from 1895 to 1903 in an eclectic style

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walking through the Old City, with

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ancient churches, winding streets,

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The sculpture of a man holding a horn in modeled on an ancient Colchian statuette affectionately monikered as "tamada".Tamada is a Georgian toastmaster at a Georgian supra (feast) or at a Russian wedding

Sophiko Chiaureli (actress)Monument by Levan Vardosanidze en 2009

Abandoned streetcar near Sioni Street

Tbilisi Teological seminary Sioni street and the three-story bell tower of Sioni Cathedral

Medea, the Colchian Princess of the Greek mythology embodies Georgian intelligence and womanhood

Shopping area

Niko Kherkeladze (born in 1953) in 1977 graduated with Honors the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts

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The Ejmiatsin Church in the Avlabari district of Old Tbilisi

Armenian church Nor Echmiadzin

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Text: InternetPictures: Internet Sanda FoişoreanuCopyright: All the images belong to their authors.

Presentation: Sanda Foişoreanuhttps://plus.google.com/+SandaMichaela

Sound: Ananuri - Georgian folklore ensemble – Shairebi; Tbiliso