View of the monastery, Kutaisi, Georgia (Republic) through time

Kutaisi 1888–1964 5 photos of this spot

5 photographs taken at the same spot in Kutaisi, spanning 1888–1964 — 5 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

A monastery near Kutaisi, photographed in 1888 in Georgia's historic Imereti region, once the seat of its own medieval kingdom whose churches reflect centuries of Georgian Orthodox tradition.

View of the monastery, Kutaisi, Georgia (Republic) 1888 A monastery near Kutaisi, photographed in 1888 in Georgia's historic Imereti region, once the seat of its own medieval kingdom whose churches reflect centuries of Georgian Orthodox tradition.

VUE DE KOUTAIS, ancienne capitale de l'Iméréthie, sur la rivière Rion 1905 Kutaisi on the banks of the Rioni River, photographed around 1905. The city was once the capital of the Kingdom of Imereti before its later incorporation into the Russian Empire.

Bagrati cathedral (Moskvich guide, 1913) 1913 Bagrati Cathedral in Kutaisi, built in the early 11th century under King Bagrat III of Georgia. This image appeared in a 1913 Moskvich travel guide to the Caucasus.

21 - Kutaisi 1964 A 1964 view of Kutaisi, numbered '21' in a travel photo series. Kutaisi is one of Georgia's oldest continuously inhabited cities and was once the capital of the medieval Kingdom of Imereti.

22 - Kutaisi 1964 Another frame from the same 1964 series, numbered '22', showing Kutaisi, Georgia, historically the seat of the Imeretian kings and a major center on the Rioni river in the country's west.