 | MTATSMINDA - SACRED MOUNTAIN |
The Mtatsminda (Sacred Mountain) |
The Narikala Fortress. 5th - 6th centuries A.D. |
The main avenue of Mtatsminda region - Rustaveli. |
Rustaveli Avenue. The Opera House. 1887. |
Rustaveli Avenue. The Central Post Office. |
Freedom Square. The Tbilisi Municipality. |
Elbakidze street. |
Rustaveli avenue. The House Of Parliament. |
Rustaveli avenue. The Ministry of Communications. |
In 6th century A.D. one of the Syrian fathers - David - came to Tbilisi and lived in a cave of the mountain that towers over the city. Later, on that place, the church was built and the mountain was given the name of Saint David. Nowadays the people call it symply The Sacred Mountain. Mta - Mountain, Tsminda - Sacred, Holy, Saint. The region was given the same name later. Mtatsminda is one of the oldest and at the same time, one of the central regions of Tbilisi.
