The best cultural monuments in Georgia. Visit Old Tbilisi.

Old Tbilisi has been a candidate for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2007.

According to legend, the emergence of the city is connected with the hot sulfur waters available on its territory. This circumstance was reflected in the name of the city (tfili - warm). The first settlement in Tbilisi appeared in the IV century, in the middle of the V century, the king of Kartli Vakhtang Gorgasali began to build a city here, and his heir Dachi declared Tbilisi the capital of Kartli. Tbilisi is the natural center of the Caucasus region. Its strategic location has attracted great empires since ancient times and the city has often been subjected to the political, economic and cultural influence of other countries. In the VIII-XII centuries, Tbilisi was ruled by Muslims, an Arab emir ruled here. In the XVI-XVIII centuries it was under the rule of the Persians and Ottomans, and in the XIX-XX centuries - the Russians.

In the VI-VIII centuries and in the XV-XVIII centuries. Tbilisi was the capital of the Kartli Kingdom, and in the XII-XV centuries - of the Georgian kingdom. In 1801-1917 it was the center of the Caucasian Region (viceroyalty) of the Russian Empire, and in 1918 and 1922-1936 it was the center of the Transcaucasian Federation. In 1918-1921, Tbilisi was the capital of the Georgian Democratic Republic, and since 1991 - the independent state of Georgia.