UNESCO World Heritage

Gelati Monastery XII c

City of Kutaisi  /Region of Imereti/

N42 15' 44'' E42 42' 59''

Gelati-Monastery

Gelati Monastery - one of the greatest spiritual and cultural centers of the Middle Age Georgia praised as “New Athens” and “Second Jerusalem” was founded by King Davit Agmashenebeli (David the Builder) in 1106.

Bagrati Cathedral

City of Kutaisi  /Region of Imereti/

N42 15' 44'' E42 42' 59''

 

bagratiThe Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God (so called Bagrati Cathedral) - the symbol of united Georgian kingdom was founded by the first king of united Georgia Bagrat III Bagrationi (978-1014). According to the inscription on the façade, the construction of the cathedral was completed in 1003.

Svetitskhoveli Cathedral XI c

Mtskheta  /Region of Mtskheta-Mtianeti/

N41 50' 38'' E44 42' 39''

svetitskhoveli-mtskhetaSvetitskhoveli Cathedral - the most important religious centre and the biggest ecclesiastic construction of mediaeval Georgia, was built in 1010-1029 under the leadership of the Catholicos Patriarch Melkisedec by an architect named Arsukidze.

Jvari (Holy Cross) Church 586/7-604/5

Mtskheta  /Region of Mtskheta-Mtianeti/

N41 50' 38'' E44 42' 39''

jvariJvari Church in Mtskheta – outstanding monument of Georgian architecture was one of the greatest religious sites and a center of pilgrimage for Christian nations of the Caucasus.

Upper Svaneti

Mestia District /Region of Samegrelo-Upper Svaneti/

N42 54' 59'' E43 00' 41''

ADISHIUpper (Zemo) Svaneti was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1996  considering that: "Zemo Svaneti is of outstanding universal value being an exceptional landscape that has preserved to a remarkable degree its original medieval appearance, notable for the distribution, form and architecture of its human settlements." Commission.

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