Mtskheta

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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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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 NERFINISHED
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 region NERFINISHED
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

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Kingdom of Iberia capital Mtskheta
Mtskheta-Mtianeti capital Mtskheta
Mtskheta capitalOf Mtskheta self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mtskheta Municipality
Kartli contains Mtskheta
Mtskheta-Mtianeti contains Mtskheta
Mtskheta-Mtianeti contains Mtskheta
this entity surface form: Mtskheta Municipality
Eastern Georgia containsCity Mtskheta
Mtkvari River flowsThrough Mtskheta
Mtskheta governingBody Mtskheta self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mtskheta Municipal Government
Kartli historicalCapital Mtskheta
Mtskheta locatedIn Mtskheta self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mtskheta Municipality
Jvari Monastery locatedNear Mtskheta
Kingdom of Georgia majorCity Mtskheta
Kura River majorCityOnRiver Mtskheta
Jvari Monastery overlooks Mtskheta
this entity surface form: town of Mtskheta