Jagetian House Shushabandi

glazed wooden shushabandi galleries; courtyard of early 20th-century houses commissioned by Alexander Jagetian

Khertvisi Fortress

10th–11th-century hilltop fortress at the confluence of the Mtkvari and Paravani rivers

Dried Persimmons

khurma chiri in Georgian; traditionally sun-dried whole fruit with natural sugar bloom; winter delicacy

Khevi Sioni Church

9th–10th-century basilica on a hill above the Georgian Military Road in Sioni village; original medieval stone altar partition

Martvili Church Stone Relief

7th-century frieze on the west facade, south section; biblical scene of the prophet Daniel in the lions’ den

Vachnadziani Kvelatsminda Church

8th–9th-century domed core church with three-sided gallery and two triconch chambers with small domes on the east side

House from Adjara

relocated from Kirnati, Adjara; two-story stone-and-timber house with a service room below and granary set within the attic space

Medea Sanatorium

built 1957–1962 spa sanatorium with grand stair and arcades; part of Tskaltubo’s Soviet spa ensemble; now largely abandoned

Kote Marjanishvili State Drama Theatre

1909 Art Nouveau People’s House by Stefan Kryczynski; Kote Marjanishvili Theatre since 1930

Batumi Cathedral of the Mother of God

built 1898–1903 by Aleksander Rogojski as a Gothic Revival Roman Catholic church; used as a high-voltage laboratory in the Soviet era

Great Synagogue of Kutaisi

built 1886 main synagogue of Kutaisi’s Jewish community; neo-Romanesque stone facade and painted interior

Ertatsminda Stone Relief

St. Eustathius hunting a stag; stone relief on the eastern facade of the 13th-century Ertatsminda Cathedral

Melik-Azaryants House

built 1913–1915 by Nikolai Obolonsky as an Art Nouveau income house for merchant Alexander Melik-Azaryants

Khevsurian Talavari Costume

highland costume of Khevsureti; richly embroidered woolen tunic with dense cross-shaped and geometric motifs

Metekhi Theotokos Church

13th-century cross-in-square church; dome rebuilt 1527–1556 with a tapering drum

Tbilisi Archaeological Museum

completed 1988 by Shota Kavlashvili and Shota Bostanashvili; modernist hilltop museum reusing a former water reservoir; now closed and abandoned

Georgian National Museum

founded 1852 as the Caucasian Museum; present building 1913–1929, completed by Nikolai Severov; symmetrical facade with medieval Georgian motifs

Liturgical Fan Fragment

fragment of a 10th-century silver liturgical fan; chased decoration with a cherub flanked by eagles

Nokalakevi

large fortified settlement in ancient and medieval western Georgia; origins in the 3rd century BC

Green Monastery

late 9th–10th-century basilica with 15th–16th-century bell tower; known as Chitakhevi St. George Monastery

Ateshgah Fire Temple

3rd–7th-century Zoroastrian fire temple; cubic brick chamber with central fire area; among the northernmost known

Bolnisi Museum

completed 2020 by Gaga Kiknadze; archaeology and ethnography collections, including Dmanisi hominin finds and history of German colonists

Buki

long natural trumpet; metal bell with wooden inner tube; military signaling and processions

Ananuri Gold Necklace

gold necklace from the late 3rd millennium BC; eastern Georgia

Catholic Church of Saints Peter and Paul

built 1870–1877 Roman Catholic church by Albert Salzmann; Baroque Revival design likely inspired by the 16th-century Church of the Gesù in Rome

House on Ninoshvili Street

likely late 19th–early 20th-century facade with striped brickwork and pointed arches; eclectic with Gothic Revival motifs

Tbilisi Chess Palace

built 1965–1973 for chess and mountaineering by Lado Aleksi-Meskhishvili and Germane Ghudushauri

Vardzia Sanatorium Gazebo

late 19th-century gazebo; part of the Vardzia sanatorium complex; elongated plan with polygonal ends and carved wooden lattice

Gabashvili House

built 1895–1896 by Korneliy Tatishchev for Prince Vasiliy Gabashvili; Rococo and Baroque Revival blend; noted for intricately carved wooden balconies

Rioni Embankment Housing

19th–20th-century housing on Rioni’s left bank; on a stone retaining wall between the Chain and Red bridges

Chichilaki

hazelnut branch shaved into curls and used as a Christmas tree in Georgia; likened to St. Basil’s beard; usually burned after Epiphany