Gori Fortress through time

Gori 1910–2018 11 photos of this spot

11 photographs taken at the same spot in Gori, spanning 1910–2018 — 9 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

The historic town of Gori, Georgia, photographed around 1910 in the Shida Kartli region along the Mtkvari River, an area long shaped by its position on the route between eastern and western Georgia.

ისტორიული გორი 1910 The historic town of Gori, Georgia, photographed around 1910 in the Shida Kartli region along the Mtkvari River, an area long shaped by its position on the route between eastern and western Georgia.

ისტორიული გორი და გორისციხე 1910 Gori and its hilltop fortress, Goristsikhe, photographed around 1910. The fortress has overlooked the town since medieval times, when Gori sat along trade routes through Shida Kartli.

Гори. Духовное училище и Царская улица 1913 The theological school and Tsarskaya Street in Gori, photographed in 1913, a few years before the Russian Revolution ended imperial rule across the Caucasus.

40 - Gori environs 1964 The countryside around Gori, Georgia, photographed in 1964. Gori lies in the Shida Kartli region along the Kura river, roughly midway between the capital Tbilisi and the western city of Kutaisi.

42 - Gori outskirts Medieval fortress Goris-Tsikhe 1964 The medieval hilltop fortress of Goris-Tsikhe overlooking Gori, Georgia, captured in this 1964 photograph. The citadel has guarded the town since at least the medieval period and takes its name directly from the city below it.

445 - Gori Central square. The last monument to Stalin 1964 A 1964 view of Gori's central square and its Stalin monument. Gori was Stalin's birthplace, and after Soviet de-Stalinization campaigns of the early 1960s removed most such statues elsewhere, this one remained standing for decades longer.

455 - Panorama of the city and the outskirts of Gori 1964 A panoramic 1964 view over Gori and its outskirts in the Shida Kartli region of Georgia, with the surrounding farmland and low hills visible beyond the edge of the town.

456 - At the foot of the Gori citadel 1964 This 1964 photograph looks up at the base of Gori's medieval citadel, Goris-Tsikhe, which stands on a hill at the center of the town and has served over the centuries as both a defensive stronghold and a local landmark.

457 - Panorama of the city center 1964 A 1964 panorama of central Gori, Georgia, seen from the vantage point of the town's hilltop fortress, taking in the streets and rooftops spread out below.

View from Hilltop Castle - Gori - Georgia 2015 The view from Gori's hilltop fortress, photographed in 2015. Positioned above the city at the confluence of the Mtkvari and Liakhvi rivers, the fortress has served as a defensive stronghold since at least the Middle Ages.

Gori Fortress 2018 Another view of Gori Fortress in Georgia, photographed in 2018, shows more of the hilltop citadel that has overlooked the town for centuries.