Lurji Supra

indigo blue block-printed tablecloths for feast days; earliest surviving examples date to the 18th–19th centuries

Supra

traditional Georgian feast with shared dishes, wine, rounds of toasts and blessings, often with polyphonic singing

Bolnisi Sioni Basilica

built 478–493, the earliest fully preserved church in Georgia; known for the oldest dated Georgian inscriptions and the Bolnisi cross stone relief

Mount Kazbek

built 478–493, the earliest fully preserved church in Georgia; known for the oldest dated Georgian inscriptions and the Bolnisi cross stone relief

Apocalypse Cycle Fresco

early 13th-century Timotesubani fresco fragment; animals return swallowed human remains at the general resurrection

Gremi Citadel

16th–17th-century Kakhetian royal citadel; 1565 Church of the Archangels, brick facades with recesses showing influence of Iranian architecture

Ascension of the Cross Stone Relief

carved 586–630s; angels lift a medallion with a cross – a widespread motif in Georgian medieval art; above the south portal of Jvari Church

Alaverdi Monastery

early 11th-century cathedral; Georgia’s tallest medieval church and a historical center of monastic winemaking

Uplistsikhe

rock-cut settlement on the Mtkvari River with origins in the early 1st millennium BC; largely abandoned after 13th–14th-century Mongol invasions

Chokha and Papakha

Khevi

traditional Georgian male attire; woolen coat with chest cartridge tubes and sheepskin hat; rooted in highland dress, later adopted nationwide

Rabati Castle

founded in the 12th–13th centuries as the seat of the Jakeli princely house of Samtskhe; under Ottoman rule from the late 16th century

Katskhi Monastery

domed church built 988–1014 with six apses set within a polygonal outer wall; covered gallery on all sides with rich stone reliefs

Tsinandali Estate

originated in the early 19th century; present appearance shaped in 1886–1887; English-style landscape park and historic winery

Plane Tree of Telavi

traditionally regarded as a 900-year-old Oriental plane

Katskhi Pillar

9th–10th-century summit hermitage on a 40 m limestone pillar; first documented ascent by alpinists and researchers in 1944

Bozarjiants Brothers’ House

built 1914 house by Mikheil Ohanjanov for the Bozarjiants brothers

Bolnisi Sioni Capital Stone Relief

late 5th-century capital on the south pre-apse pilaster; lions and a bear chasing chamois

Shio-Mgvime Monastery

monastic complex with 6th-century St. John the Baptist church and rock-cut monastic cells; founded by St. Shio, one of the Thirteen Assyrian Fathers

Lake Paravani and St. Nino Monastery

volcanic lake at 2073 m with a late 20th-century nunnery on its shore; linked by tradition to St. Nino’s journey to Mtskheta

Mgvimevi Monastery

late 13th-century two-nave basilica cut into the cliff; rich exterior stone reliefs; interior paintings from the 13th and 16th centuries

Ter-Akopova House

built 1896 income house of Evelina Ter-Akopova; distinctive for facade plasterwork with mascarons and interior wall paintings

Fabrika

former Soviet-era sewing factory “Nino”; redeveloped in 2016 as a mixed-use complex with hostel, studios and a courtyard of cafés and workshops

Chiboni

Adjara

bagpipe with goat-skin bag, chanter and drone; played mainly in western Georgia

Tsalka Canyon

basalt canyon on the Khrami River with waterfalls; also known as Dashbashi Canyon

Apollo Cinema

built 1909–1914 Art Nouveau cinema

Shatili

16th–18th-century fortified tower-house settlement on the Arghuni Gorge; terraced cluster of dry-stone dwellings uniting living, storage and defense

St. Nino’s Cross

grapevine cross of St. Nino with branches bound with her hair and drooping arms; symbol of Georgia’s 4th-century Christianization

Gudarekhi Monastery Bell Tower

1278 two-story monastery bell tower in a near-checkerboard pattern of sandstone and wine-red tuff; oldest dated bell tower in Georgia

Gold Temple Rings with Horse Pendants

4th-century BC gold temple rings with horse pendants; Akhalgori hoard, eastern Georgia

Mestia Airport

named Queen Tamar Airport; 2010 terminal by Jürgen Mayer H.; compact sculptural volume for high-mountain operations

National Archives of Georgia

Georgian archives complex designed 1952–1970 by Valeria Hajibeyli