Planning Georgia tours: Mtskheta and Jvari
Mtskheta lies at the junction of the Mtkvari and Aragvi rivers. Archaeological evidence dates its origins back to the 2nd millennium B.C. The ancient Greek travellers, Strabon and Pliny, noted Mtskheta’s Armazistsikhe fortress; in pagan times the city was dominated by a giant copper statue of the god Armazi. For about 1000 years, up to the 5th century AD, Mtskheta was the capital of Kartli; the origins of the Georgian written language and the establishment of Christianity are closely associated with the city. Mtskheta and Jvari are one of the…
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