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Tbilisi (English: / t ə b ɪ ˈ l iː s i, t ə ˈ b ɪ l ɪ s i / ⓘ tə-bil-EE-see, tə-BIL-iss-ee; [7] Georgian: თბილისი, pronounced [ˈtʰbilisi] ⓘ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis [a] (/ ˈ t ɪ f l ɪ s / ⓘ TIF-liss), [7] (Georgian: ტფილისი, romanized: t'pilisi [tʼpʰilisi]) is the capital and largest city of Georgia, lying on ...
Alexander Kazbegi avenue; Native name: ალექსანდრე ყაზბეგის გამზირი Former name(s) Pavlov street: Part of: Saburtalo and Vake districts, Tbilisi: Namesake: Alexander Kazbegi: Postal code: 0160 (#1-25, 2-16) 0177 (#27-57, 18-46) [1] Construction; Construction start: 1956
Kazbegi National Park is a popular tourist destination despite the lack of basic tourism infrastructure. [ 3 ] Historical monuments worth a visit are the fourteenth-century Sameba temple , the tenth-century Garbanikerk , the Sioni basilica, the Akhaltsikhe basilica and the seventeenth-century Sno Castle . [ 4 ]
Tbilisi City Hall (Georgian: თბილისის მერია) is a body that provides executive-regulatory activities of the city of Tbilisi. [1] The government consists of: the mayor, deputy mayors and heads of Tbilisi city services. Tbilisi district governors are officially part of the government.
Kazbegi Municipality is known for its scenic location in the Greater Caucasus mountains, and it is a center for trekkers and mountain climbing.Local attractions include the Kazbegi Museum and Ethnographic Museum in town, and the Gergeti Trinity Church outside of town, as well as Mount Kazbegi itself and the alpine meadows and forests of the surrounding Kazbegi Nature Reserve, Juta mountain ...
In 1917-1918 Stepantsminda was taken by Germany, Turkey and The Whites, bar the last who stayed until 1922. The name was officially changed to Kazbegi under Soviet rule in 1925. Gabriel Chopikashvili-Kazbegi's grandson was the famed Georgian writer Alexander Kazbegi, who was born in this town. In 2006, the town reverted to its original name of ...
Tbilisi City Assembly Building (Georgian: თბილისის საკრებულოს შენობა) is a clock-towered edifice situated in the southern side of Freedom Square (in Georgian - tavisuplebis moedani), Tbilisi, capital of Georgia.
Mount Kazbek or Mount Kazbegi [a] is a dormant stratovolcano and one of the major mountains of the Caucasus, located in Georgia, just south of the border with Russia. [ 6 ] Lying at 5,054 meters (16,581 ft) above at sea level, Mount Kazbek is the highest mountain in Eastern Georgia .