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Tbilisi (English: / t ə b ɪ ˈ l iː s i, t ə ˈ b ɪ l ɪ s i / ⓘ tə-bil-EE-see, tə-BIL-iss-ee; [7] Georgian: თბილისი, pronounced [ˈtʰbilisi] ⓘ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis [a] (/ ˈ t ɪ f l ɪ s / ⓘ TIF-liss), [7] (Georgian: ტფილისი, romanized: t'pilisi) is the capital and largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of ...
Tbilisi sea is very close to the chronicle of Georgia. Although its name is “Tbilisi sea”, it is an artificial lake and was built in 1953. The length of Tbilisi is 8.75 km and the width is about 2.85 km, the deepest point is 45 m.
The history of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, dates back to at least the 5th century AD.Since its foundation by the monarch of Georgia's ancient precursor Kingdom of Iberia, Tbilisi has been an important cultural, political and economic center of the Caucasus and served, with intermissions, as the capital of various Georgian kingdoms and republics.
Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia, Tbilisi; Samtskhe-Javakheti History Museum, Akhaltsikhe; Open Air Museum of Ethnography, Tbilisi; Art Museum of Georgia, Tbilisi, and its branches; Museum of the Soviet Occupation, Tbilisi; Dmanisi Museum-Reserve of History and Archaeology, Dmanisi; Vani Museum-Reserve of Archaeology, Vani; Museum of History of ...
Founded in 1851, Tbilisi Opera is the main opera house of Georgia and one of the oldest such establishments in Eastern Europe and Western Asia. Since 1896, the theater has resided in an exotic neo-Moorish edifice originally constructed by Victor Johann Gottlieb Schröter , a prominent architect of Baltic German origin.
On 11 January 1966, the Tbilisi Metro was opened: it was the first and only Metro system in Georgia and the fourth one in the former Soviet Union (after Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Kyiv) when the first six stations were opened. Since then, the system has steadily grown into a two-line, 23-station network.
Mtatsminda Park. Coordinates: 41.6933°N 44.7802°E. Mtatsminda Park at dusk, overlooking parts of Tbilisi. Mtatsminda Park is a landscaped park located at the top of Mount Mtatsminda overlooking the Georgian capital Tbilisi. The park has carousels, water slides, a roller-coaster, dark ride, funicular, and a big Ferris wheel at the edge of the ...
The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to Georgia. After the collapse of the Soviet Union , the United Kingdom renewed diplomatic relations with Georgia and the then British ambassador to Russia, Sir Brian Fall , was also accredited to Georgia until the new embassy in Tbilisi was opened in 1995.