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The President's Palace in Tbilisi, Georgia, under construction in 2007. The building serves as the official residence and principal workplace of the president of Georgia and is sometimes referred to as the Georgian White House.
The Metekhi Church of the Assumption in Tbilisi, Georgia, is located on a cliff overlooking the Mtkvari River and dates to the 13th century. The equestrian statue of King Vakhtang I Gorgaslan was erected in front of the church in 1961.
The Sameba (Holy Trinity) Cathedral in Tbilisi, Georgia, is the main Georgian Orthodox Christian cathedral. It was built between 1995 and 2004 as a symbol of Georgian national and spiritual revival. The cathedral, located on the left bank of the Mtkvari River in Old Tbilisi, is cruciform and contains nine chapels.
A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1994, the Georgian Orthodox Jvari Monastery (Monastery of the Cross) at Mtskheta, Georgia, was built in the 6th century A.D. The monastery is built in an early tetraconch (Greek for “four shells”) style, meaning the building is shaped like a cross with a dome and a connection to the natural environment around it. The monastery was the first church in Georgia or Armenia to be built in this style, which became common to the area. Sitting atop of Jvari Mount 656 m (2,152 ft) at the joining of the Mtkvari and Aragvi rivers, the monastery overlooks Mtskheta, the ancient capital of Caucasian Iberia in eastern Georgia.
A panoramic view of Mtskheta, Georgia, from the Jvari Monastery. The town, which lies at the confluence of the Mtkvari (Kura) and Aragvi rivers, served as the capital of the Georgian Kingdom of Iberia from the 3rd century B.C. to the 5th century A.D. The capital was moved to Tbilisi in the early 6th century, but Mtskheta continued to serve as the coronation and burial place for most Georgian kings until the 19th century.
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