Top Things to do in Georgia
Top Hotels in Georgia
- 1. Amante Narikala Hotel by TBL Hotels
- 2. Shota Rustaveli Boutique Hotel
- 3. Tbilisi Marriott Hotel
- 4. Communal Hotel Plekhanovi
- 5. Colosseum Marina Hotel
- 6. Ibis Styles Tbilisi Center
- 7. Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel, Tbilisi City Centre
- 8. Rooms Hotel Tbilisi
- 9. Holiday Inn Tbilisi, an IHG hotel
- 10. Hotel Abaata
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Things to do in Georgia, Georgia: The Best Monuments & Statues
Discover the best top things to do in Georgia, Georgia including Monument of King Vakhtang Gorgasali, Monument Father of the Soldier, Memorial History of Georgia, Monument to Characters of Movie Mimino, Monument Ali and Nino, Monument Pingvin-Filosof, Sculpture Divers, Monument to Muhajirs, Monument to Victims of Political Repression, Sculpture Nika and Record Player.
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1. Monument of King Vakhtang Gorgasali
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Reviewed By LuizDutraNeto - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Right on a cliff's edge at the courtyard of "Metekhi Church", an equestrian statue will catch your attention! This is "Vakhtang I Gorgasali", King of Kartli (Eastern Georgia) between the 5th and 6th centuries and Tbilisi's founder. According to legends, one day King Vakhtang was hunting in the forests of his country, when his falcon chased a pheasant that fell from his beak into a hot water spring. The King and his servants were quite surprised when they saw steam coming out of the spring in such abundance. Immediately after, the King gave orders to build a city in this site and named it "Tbilisi" - the "site of warm springs"! Amazing legends of medieval times ... King Vakhtang I Gorgasali has been credited with the foundation of Tbilisi and many other towns, castles and monasteries, Since the Middle Ages, he is one of the most popular figures of the Georgian history as a warrior, King and statesman. The "Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church" canonized him as "Saint Vakhtang Gorgasali, the holy and right-believing King of Georgia". His granite equestrian statue was inaugurated in 1967, by Georgian sculptor Elguja Amashukeli, and overlooks Tbilisi and its Mtkvari River. Bring your cameras, great pictures await you! Enjoy!
