Alazani Valley

broad wine-growing valley between the Greater Caucasus and the Tsiv-Gombori ridge in eastern Georgia

Batumi St. Nicholas Church

rected under Ottoman rule in 1865–1871 by the Batumi Greek community; regarded as the first Orthodox church in Batumi

Trialeti Silver Chalice

18th–17th centuries BC silver chalice; Trialeti–Vanadzor culture; two friezes, deer below and 22 masked figures above

Vardisubani Rotunda Church

ruins of a 6th–century round church near Dmanisi Archaeological Site; Georgia’s only known rotunda-type church; unearthed 1989–1992

Writers’ House Interior

salon interior with Art Nouveau–profiled wooden walls and ceiling; 1905 Sarajishvili house by Carl Zaar, Writers’ House since 1923

Cast-Iron Staircase in the Kaitmazov House

late 19th-century cast-iron staircase in the Kaitmazov house; served the Artists’ Society

House on Kargateli Street

early 20th-century house by Mikheil Ohanjanov; eclectic tower-like block with a one-story wing; distinctive ceramic tile panel decoration

Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory

founded 1932 by Evgeni Kharadze; the first mountain astrophysical observatory in the USSR

Vashlovani National Park

semi-arid badlands with pistachio–juniper woodland, canyons and mud volcanoes on Georgia’s far southeast borderlands

Nojikhevi Church Ruins

ruins of a 10th–11th-century church with a rare eight-apse plan

Kakliskure

Alazani River floodplain island with willow–poplar riparian forest and seasonal channels

Horse Relief Bowl Fragment

3rd–4th-century AD silver bowl fragment with horse in relief; eastern Georgia

Lamaria Church

9th–10th-century hall church with interior preserving 10th- and 13th-century fresco layers

Asomtavruli, Nuskhuri, Mkhedruli Scripts

Georgian word ‘sikvaruli’ meaning ‘love’ in three scripts – Asomtavruli, Nuskhuri, Mkhedruli; scripts UNESCO-inscribed in 2016

United National Movement Headquarters

reinforced-concrete facade with vertical blades and glazed volumes; completed in 2012

Tsutskhvati Cave

multilevel karst cave with underground rivers and halls of stalactites and stalagmites

Abanotubani Sulfur Baths

17th–19th-century bathhouses on natural hot sulfur springs; domed brick roofs, vaulted rooms

Tbilisi State University Library

completed 1971 by Shota Kachkachishvili, Zurab Kopaladze and colleagues; part of TSU’s multi-zone campus plan along the Vere River

Laghami Church of the Savior

10th–14th-century two-story church in the Laghami quarter of Mestia, Upper Svaneti; hall church with a later upper level; abundant frescoes

Writers’ House Mascaron

female-face mascaron on a corbel of the central facade balcony; house 1903–1905 by Carl Zaar for Davit Sarajishvili; since 1923 Writers’ House

House of Amirov Brothers

late 19th-century house with classicist core and street-projecting carved wooden balcony; restored 1970s–1980s and 2016–2021

Sajalabo House from Samegrelo

sajalabo-type timber house on stone piers with a central hearth and open storage loft above; relocated from Ontopo, Samegrelo

Salamuri

end-blown wooden flute, diatonic scales; found across Georgia, especially in the east

Darejan Palace

built 1776 brick palace with round wooden balcony for Queen Darejan on fortress remains; converted to a monastery in the early 19th century

Nakipari Church

10th–11th-century hall church of St. George with zoomorphic reliefs on the east facade and frescoes painted in 1130 by Tevdore

Kelitsadi Lake

high-altitude volcanic lake on the Keli plateau at 3081 m

Lion Stone Relief

stone relief of a chained lion on the south wall of the 1689 Theotokos Church at Ananuri Castle

Tbilisi Sioni Cathedral

cathedral with 13th-century core; rebuilt in the 17th–19th centuries; former patriarchal seat, home to St. Nino’s cross

Svanetian Hat

felt wool cap from Svaneti; weather-shedding for mountain climate

Betlemi Rise

mid-19th-century stepped lane ascending toward Narikala through the Betlemi quarter; flanked by 19th-century houses; restored in the 2000s

Ispani Mire

sphagnum peat bog on the Black Sea coast; part of the Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands World Heritage property since 2021