The presentation is made by students for eTwinning project Through History to Present Day

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Established c. 479 A.D Government Mayor - David Narmania
Highest elevation 770 m (2,530 ft) Lowest elevation 380 m (1,250 ft)
Population (2012) 1,473,551 Demonym Tbilisian
Time zone Georgian Time (UTC+4) Area code(s) +995 32
Website www.tbilisi.gov.ge

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• Old Tbilisi (ძველი თბილისი)
• Vake-Saburtalo (ვაკე-საბურთალო)
• Didube-Chugureti (დიდუბე-ჩუღურეთი)
• Gldani-Nadzaladevi (გლდანი-ნაძალადევი)
• Isani-Samgori (ისანი-სამგორი)
• Didgori (დიდგორი)
Tbilisi Districts
Mother of Georgia –
symbol of the city

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According to an old legend, the present-day territory of Tbilisi was covered by forests as late as 458. One widely
accepted variant of the legend of Tbilisi's founding states that King Vakhtang I Gorgasali of Georgia went hunting
in the heavily wooded region with a falcon (sometimes the falcon is replaced with a hawk ). The King's falcon
caught or injured a pheasant during the hunt, after which both birds fell into a nearby hot spring and died from
burns. King Vakhtang became so impressed with the hot springs that he decided to cut down the forest and build
a city on the location. The name Tbilisi derives from the Old Georgian word "Tbili" (თბილი), meaning warm. The
name 'Tbili' or 'Tbilisi' ('warm location') was therefore given to the city because of the area's numerous sulphuric
hot springs that came out of the ground. Archaeological studies of the region have indicated human settlement in
the territory of Tbilisi as early as the 4th millennium BCE.“ .

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 Kura River, Turkish Kuruçay, Georgian Mtkvari, is the river in Turkey, Georgia, and
Azerbaijan. It is the largest river in Transcaucasia. Tbilisi was built on the river Mtkvari. It
starts in Turkey and finally enters the Caspian Sea.
 The Mtkvari is 848 miles (1,364 km) long and drains an area of 72,500 square miles
(188,000 sq km). Several of its tributaries also provide hydroelectric power, and the Kura
itself is extensively used for irrigation purposes.
Mtkvari River

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Centre of Tbilisi
Freedom Square is located in the center of Tbilisi at the eastern end of Rustaveli Avenue. On
November 23, 2006, the Liberty Monument depicting St George slaying the dragon, created by Zurab
Tsereteli, was unveiled in the centre of the city. Rustaveli Avenue , is the central avenue inTbilisi
named after the medieval Georgian poet, Shota Rustaveli. The avenue starts at Freedom Square and
extends for about 1.5 km in length. Rustaveli is often considered the main thoroughfare of Tbilisi due to
a large number of governmental, public, cultural, and business buildings that are located along or near
the avenue. The former Parliament of Georgia building, Kashveti Church, the Georgian National
Museum, the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre, the Rustaveli State Academic Theatre are all located on
Rustaveli Avenue.

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The Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi (Georgian: თბილისის წმინდა სამების
საკათედრო ტაძარი Thbilisis cminda samebis sakathedro tadzari) commonly known
as Sameba (Georgian: სამება for Trinity) is the main Cathedral of the Georgian Orthodox
Church located in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. Constructed between 1995 and 2004, it
is the third-tallest Eastern Orthodox cathedral in the world. Sameba is a synthesis of
traditional styles dominating the Georgian church architecture at various stages in history
and has some Byzantine undertones.
Sameba (Trinity)Cathedral

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 Narikala (Georgian: ნარიყალა) is an ancient fortress overlooking Tbilisi, and
the Mtkvari River. The fortress consists of two walled sections on a steep hill between
the sulphur baths and the botanical gardens of Tbilisi. On the lower court there is the
recently restored St Nicholas church. Newly built in 1996–1997, it replaces the original
13th century church that was destroyed in a fire. The fortress was established in the 4th
century as Shuris-tsikhe (i.e., "Invidious Fort"). It was considerably expanded by
the Umayyads in the 7th century and later, by king David the Builder (1089–1125).
The Mongols renamed it "Narin Qala" (i.e., "Little Fortress"). Most of extant fortifications
date from the 16th and 17th centuries. In 1827, parts of the fortress were damaged by an
earthquake and demolished
Narikala Fortress

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The Mtatsminda Pantheon of Writers and Public Figures (Georgian: მთაწმინდის
მწერალთა და საზოგადო მოღვაწეთა პანთეონი, mtats'mindis mts'eralta da sazogado
moghvats'eta p'anteoni) is a necropolis in Tbilisi, Georgia, where some of the most
prominent writers, artists, scholars, and national heroes of Georgia are buried. It is
located in the churchyard around St. David’s Church "Mamadaviti" on the slope
of Mount Mtatsminda (Geo. მთაწმინდა, meaning the Holy Mountain) and was officially
established in 1929.
Mtatsminda Pantheon

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 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tbilisi
 http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/3251
35/Kura-River
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rustaveli_Avenue
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Trinity_Cathed
ral_of_Tbilisi
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narikala
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mtatsminda_Pantheo
n
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Thank you for
attention!!!
მადლობა ყურადღებისთვის!!!
Anna Bzhalava
Saba Mania
Class VIII
School 207, Tbilisi, Georgia
2015