Dzveli Tbilisi, Tbilisi, Georgia through time

Tbilisi 1890–2014 11 photos of this spot

11 photographs taken at the same spot in Tbilisi, spanning 1890–2014 — 7 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

The Khojivank Armenian Pantheon in Tbilisi, then known as Tiflis, photographed in the 1890s. The cemetery served as a burial ground for prominent members of the city's historic Armenian community.

Խոջիվանքի գերեզմանատուն, Թիֆլիս - Khojivank Armenian Pantheon, Tiflis (1890s) 1890 The Khojivank Armenian Pantheon in Tbilisi, then known as Tiflis, photographed in the 1890s. The cemetery served as a burial ground for prominent members of the city's historic Armenian community.

Խոջիվանքի գերեզմանատուն, Թիֆլիս - Khojivank Armenian Pantheon, Tiflis (1890s) (cropped) 1890 The Khojivank Armenian Pantheon, a historic Armenian cemetery in Tiflis, present-day Tbilisi, Georgia, is pictured in this cropped photograph from the 1890s, when the city was a major center of the Armenian diaspora in the Caucasus.

Խոջիվանքի գերեզմանատուն, Թիֆլիս - Khojivank Armenian Pantheon, Tiflis (1934) 01 1934 The Khojivank Armenian Pantheon in Tbilisi, seen here in 1934, served as a burial ground for prominent members of the city's Armenian community on a hillside above the Kura River.

Խոջիվանքի գերեզմանատուն, Թիֆլիս - Khojivank Armenian Pantheon, Tiflis (1935) 11 1935 The Khojivank Armenian Pantheon in Tbilisi, then known as Tiflis, served as a burial ground for notable members of the city's Armenian community; this photograph, one of a series, dates to 1935 and documents the cemetery's monuments.

Խոջիվանքի գերեզմանատուն, Թիֆլիս - Khojivank Armenian Pantheon, Tiflis (1935) 08 1935 A further 1935 view of the Khojivank Armenian Pantheon in Tbilisi, the historic Armenian cemetery within the Georgian capital, then still commonly called Tiflis by many of its residents and visitors.

Խոջիվանքի գերեզմանատուն, Թիֆլիս - Khojivank Armenian Pantheon, Tiflis (1935) 09 1935 The Khojivank Armenian Pantheon in Tbilisi, then commonly known by its older name Tiflis, was a historic burial ground for the city's Armenian community, seen here in a 1935 photograph documenting the cemetery's monuments.

Խոջիվանքի գերեզմանատուն, Թիֆլիս - Khojivank Armenian Pantheon, Tiflis (1935) 13 1935 Part of the same 1935 series documenting the Khojivank Armenian Pantheon in Tiflis, present-day Tbilisi, this frame records the cemetery that served generations of the city's Armenian residents as a burial ground and place of memory.

Dzveli Tbilisi, Tbilisi, Georgia 2012 Another 2012 view of Dzveli Tbilisi, Tbilisi's old town in Georgia, showing the district's traditional carved wooden balconies overlooking narrow streets.

ツミンダ・サメバ大聖堂 2012 Holy Trinity Cathedral, known as Tsminda Sameba, rises above Tbilisi's Avlabari district. Completed in 2004 to mark Georgian independence, it is among the tallest Eastern Orthodox cathedrals in the world.

Sameba Cathedral, Courtyard, Dusk 2, Tbilisi, Georgia 2014 The courtyard of Sameba Cathedral in Tbilisi at dusk, photographed in 2014. Completed in 2004, the Holy Trinity Cathedral is among the largest Eastern Orthodox cathedrals in the world.

Sameba Cathedral, Courtyard, Sunset, Dusk, Tbilisi, Georgia 2014 The courtyard of Tbilisi's Holy Trinity Cathedral, known as Sameba, photographed at dusk in 2014. Completed in 2004, it is one of the largest Eastern Orthodox cathedrals in the world and a major landmark of the Georgian capital.