Akhalkalaki Fortress

11th-century hilltop stronghold; reshaped under Ottoman rule in the 17th century

Tabakini Monastery

7th–8th-century two-aisled basilica with 16th-century wall paintings

Lagidze Waters

flavored soda with natural syrups, developed by Mitrofan Lagidze in 1887; bottling began in 1900 in Kutaisi; later a staple of Soviet lemonade culture

Door on Tsinamdzgvrishvili Street

late 19th–early 20th-century wooden entrance door

Gergeti Trinity Church

14th-century domed church with a freestanding bell tower, set at 2170 m beneath Mount Kazbek

Chiatura Cable Cars

mid-20th-century cable car network built for Chiatura’s mining operations; historic system retired; new lines opened since 2021

Mikheil Ohanjanov Residence

built 1906 residence of architect Mikheil Ohanjanov with a richly stuccoed facade

Batumi Botanical Garden

subtropical botanical garden above the Black Sea at Green Cape; established 1912 by Andrey Krasnov; collections arranged across nine world floras

Manglisi Sioni Cathedral

5th-century tetraconch, precursor to the South Caucasian Jvari-type tetraconch plan; substantially rebuilt in the early 11th century

Kaleidoscope House

late 19th-century house with colorful stained-glass stairwell and carved wooden balconies

National Bank of Georgia Cash Center

glass core within a surrounding concrete volume; completed 2012 by Tengiz Kvantaliani

Mgvimevi Entrance Stone Relief

13th-century stone relief above the entrance to Mgvimevi Monastery; two figures flanking a cross within a rope-moulded frame

Miniature Church Sculpture

one of six miniature church sculptures located at the corners of the roof of Svetitskhoveli Cathedral; positioned above the western entrance

Betania Monastery

12th-century cross-in-square Nativity of the Virgin church incorporating an earlier basilica with 11th–13th-century murals

Maria Stern House

two-story brick house set back from the avenue; designed in 1890 by Paul Stern for his wife

Stamba Hotel

originally a 1930s state publishing house; restored and reopened in 2018 by Adjara Group as a hotel; preserved press halls and atrium

Borjomi Mineral Water

naturally carbonated mineral water from the Borjomi Gorge; industrial production from the 1890s; distributed worldwide today

Saro Church

7th–8th-century single-nave hall church dedicated to the Archangels

Mirza Reza Khan House

built 1880 by Aleksander Szymkiewicz; purchased in 1884 by Persian consul Mirza Reza Khan; remodeled in Oriental Revival with an arched gate

Abano Pass Road

1960s–1970s seasonal mountain road to Tusheti over Abano Pass at 2850 m; often nicknamed “Death Road”

Kvemo Bolnisi Church

6th-century three-church basilica, a Georgian type with three parallel naves separated by walls

Shaori Megalithic Fortress

late 2nd–early 1st-millennium BC cyclopean basalt fortress with dry-stone walls

Soinari

end-blown panpipes; 6–8 tubes of graduated length; western Georgia

Samtavisi Cathedral

built 1030 domed cathedral with simplified cross-in-square plan using two free-standing piers; formative for medieval Georgian church planning

House on Mazniashvili Street

likely late 19th–early 20th century; angular glazed wooden gallery with Doric posts and lattice screens

Rustaveli–Mtatsminda Cable Car Station

designed 1958–1960 Mtatsminda cable car lower station by Konstantine Chkheidze; service suspended after the 1990 crash; restored and reopened 2024

Qvevri

large earthenware wine vessel buried underground; used for fermentation, storage, and aging; method recognized by UNESCO in 2013

Lagurka Church

10th–11th-century hall church of Sts. Cyricus and Julitta; fresco cycle painted in 1112 by Tevdore; site of the major annual Kvirikoba festival

Stone Bull Protome

sculpted bull’s head on the 11th-century gate wall at Svetitskhoveli Cathedral

House from Adjara

late 19th-century house with ground-floor space for about 30 head of cattle; relocated from Didachara, Adjara

Magnetic and Meteorological Observatory

built 1860–1861 in Kukia by Otto Simonson; tower added 1882 by Leopold Bielfeld; now Hydrometeorology Institute and museum