Mtskheta

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UNESCO World Heritage Site city town

Mtskheta is an ancient town in central Georgia and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, renowned as one of the country’s oldest continuously inhabited cities and a historic center of Georgian Christianity.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Mtskheta canonical	40
Mtskheta Municipality	5
Mtskheta Municipal Government	1
Mtskheta is an ancient capital of the Kingdom of Iberia	1
town of Mtskheta	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ city ⓘ town ⓘ
associatedWithReligion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
capitalOf	Mtskheta self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mtskheta Municipality
contains	Armaztsikhe archaeological site ⓘ Jvari Monastery ⓘ Samtavro Monastery ⓘ Svetitskhoveli Cathedral ⓘ
coordinateLatitude	41.845 ⓘ
coordinateLongitude	44.718 ⓘ
country	Georgia ⓘ
distanceFromTbilisi	about 20 km ⓘ
formerCapitalOf	Kingdom of Iberia ⓘ
foundedInCentury	5th century BC ⓘ
governingBody	Mtskheta self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mtskheta Municipal Government
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageThreat	environmental factors ⓘ urban development pressure ⓘ
historicalRegion	Kartli ⓘ
inhabitedSince	at least early 1st millennium BC ⓘ
knownFor	archaeological sites ⓘ medieval Christian churches ⓘ pilgrimage tourism ⓘ traditional Georgian architecture ⓘ
languageSpoken	Georgian language ⓘ surface form: Georgian
locatedIn	Mtskheta self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mtskheta Municipality Mtskheta-Mtianeti ⓘ surface form: Mtskheta-Mtianeti region central Georgia ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Aragvi River ⓘ Kura River ⓘ
near	Tbilisi ⓘ
partOf	Historical Monuments of Mtskheta ⓘ Silk Road cultural sphere ⓘ surface form: Silk Road cultural area
population	approximately 7,000 ⓘ
protectedBy	Georgian national heritage laws ⓘ
religiousSignificance	historic center of Georgian Christianity ⓘ one of the oldest Christian centers in the Caucasus ⓘ
seatOf	Georgian Orthodox Church in early centuries ⓘ
timeZone	Georgia Standard Time ⓘ
tourismType	cultural tourism ⓘ religious tourism ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	(ii) ⓘ (iii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	1994 ⓘ
UTCOffset	+4 ⓘ

Referenced by (48)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mtkvari River → flowsThrough → Mtskheta ⓘ

Kartli → contains → Mtskheta ⓘ

Kartli → historicalCapital → Mtskheta ⓘ

Georgian Orthodox Church → importantCenter → Mtskheta ⓘ

Mtskheta-Mtianeti → capital → Mtskheta ⓘ

Mtskheta-Mtianeti → contains → Mtskheta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mtskheta Municipality

Mtskheta-Mtianeti → hasHistoricTown → Mtskheta ⓘ

Mtskheta-Mtianeti → hasReligiousCenter → Mtskheta ⓘ

Mtskheta-Mtianeti → administrativeCenter → Mtskheta ⓘ

Kingdom of Georgia → majorCity → Mtskheta ⓘ

Kura River → majorCityOnRiver → Mtskheta ⓘ

Eastern Georgia → containsCity → Mtskheta ⓘ

Kingdom of Iberia → capital → Mtskheta ⓘ

Jvari Monastery → locatedNear → Mtskheta ⓘ

Jvari Monastery → overlooks → Mtskheta ⓘ

this entity surface form: town of Mtskheta

Jvari Monastery → locatedInHistoricRegion → Mtskheta ⓘ

Svetitskhoveli Cathedral → locatedIn → Mtskheta ⓘ

Mtskheta → locatedIn → Mtskheta self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mtskheta Municipality

Mtskheta → capitalOf → Mtskheta self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mtskheta Municipality

Mtskheta → governingBody → Mtskheta self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mtskheta Municipal Government

Iberia (ancient kingdom) → capital → Mtskheta ⓘ

Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi → jurisdiction → Mtskheta ⓘ

Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi → seat → Mtskheta ⓘ

Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi → seeAlso → Mtskheta ⓘ

Kura → flowsThrough → Mtskheta ⓘ

Georgian Military Highway → passesNear → Mtskheta ⓘ

Bagrationi dynasty → capital → Mtskheta ⓘ

Aragvi River → confluenceLocation → Mtskheta ⓘ

Aragvi River → nearbyCity → Mtskheta ⓘ

Aragvi River → mouthLocation → Mtskheta ⓘ

Tianeti → hasRegionalCenter → Mtskheta ⓘ

Samtavro Monastery → locatedIn → Mtskheta ⓘ

Samtavro Monastery → cityStatusContext → Mtskheta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mtskheta is an ancient capital of the Kingdom of Iberia

Kur River → majorCityOnRiver → Mtskheta ⓘ

Tsitsamuri → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Mtskheta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mtskheta Municipality

Tsitsamuri → locatedNear → Mtskheta ⓘ

Pharnavazid dynasty → capital → Mtskheta ⓘ

Chosroid dynasty → capital → Mtskheta ⓘ

mepe of Kartli → capitalAssociated → Mtskheta ⓘ

Pharnavaz I of Iberia → capitalEstablished → Mtskheta ⓘ

Pharnavaz I of Iberia → associatedCity → Mtskheta ⓘ

Historical Monuments of Mtskheta → locatedIn → Mtskheta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mtskheta Municipality

Christianization of Iberia (ancient Georgia) → associatedWith → Mtskheta ⓘ

Mirian III of Iberia → capitalDuringReign → Mtskheta ⓘ

Mirian III of Iberia → placeOfDeath → Mtskheta ⓘ

“Living Pillar” in Georgian → associatedWith → Mtskheta ⓘ

subject surface form: Living Pillar