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Mtskheta 2008–2024 11 photos of this spot

11 recent photographs taken at the same spot in Mtskheta, spanning 2008–2024. Have an older picture of it? Add it and start this spot's timeline.

A portrait of an Orthodox archpriest named Jaliashvili, photographed in Mtskheta, Georgia, in 2008, the historic seat of the Georgian Orthodox Church and home to the country's holiest cathedrals.

დეკანოზი ჯალიაშვილი 2008 A portrait of an Orthodox archpriest named Jaliashvili, photographed in Mtskheta, Georgia, in 2008, the historic seat of the Georgian Orthodox Church and home to the country's holiest cathedrals.

Svetitskhoveli Cathedral from the north 2012 This 2012 photograph shows Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in Mtskheta, Georgia, seen from the north; the 11th-century cathedral is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of Georgian Orthodoxy's most important churches.

スヴェティ・ツホヴェリ大聖堂 2012 Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in Mtskheta, one of the most important churches in Georgia and long the site of royal coronations, photographed in 2012. Tradition holds that its name translates to 'the living pillar,' tied to a legend about the church's founding.

Mtskheta, Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, Georgia 2014 Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in Mtskheta, Georgia, photographed in 2014. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Georgian Orthodox cathedral was historically the burial place of Georgian kings.

Tamar icon 2015 An icon associated with Queen Tamar at Mtskheta, a city whose churches preserve centuries of Georgian religious art and royal history.

Georgia 7328 Mtskheta sRGB 2016 A 2016 view of Mtskheta, Georgia, an ancient town at the confluence of the Mtkvari and Aragvi rivers. Mtskheta is a UNESCO World Heritage Site as the former capital of the Kingdom of Iberia and remains a center of Georgian Orthodox Christianity.

Swetizchoweli-Kathedrale Portal Stierkopf 4 2018 A carved relief on the western portal of Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in Mtskheta, depicting a hand holding a builder's square above a bull's head. Local tradition connects the image to Arsukisdze, the architect credited with the cathedral's construction.

Swetizchoweli-Kathedrale Portal Stierkopf 5 2018 Another detail of the bull's-head relief carved into the portal of Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, part of the elaborate stonework decorating the 11th-century church's western facade.

Swetizchoweli-Kathedrale, Dachreiter 4 2018 A further view of the dachreiter, or roof lantern, atop Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in Mtskheta, once the capital of ancient Iberia.

Tower at Svetitskhoveli Cathedral 01 2024 A tower of Svetitskhoveli Cathedral rises in this 2024 photograph, taken in Mtskheta, Georgia, where the eleventh-century cathedral has served as a historic seat of the Georgian Orthodox Church.

Tower at Svetitskhoveli Cathedral 02 2024 This 2024 image shows another view of a tower belonging to Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in Mtskheta, Georgia's ancient capital.