თბილისი Georgia in Pictures-Nostalgia

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Description: My original pictures and editing(-enlarge this video:pictures are in good quality) Visiting Georgia on last year summer(2006)I took some pictures and videos that you see now in this composition. All the picture are taken by me except for 3-shotis puri, wine and mzvadebi. Tbilisi, (in Georgian: თბილისი), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mtkvari (Kura) River. Tbilisi is sometimes called Tiflis (or Tifflis), which is its Medieval non-native name. The city covers an area of 372 km² (144 square miles) and has 1,093,000 inhabitants. Founded in the 5th century AD by Vakhtang Gorgasali, the Georgian King of Kartli (Iberia) and made into a capital in the 6th century, Tbilisi is a significant industrial, social, and cultural center. The city is also emerging as an important transit route for global energy and trade projects. Located strategically at the crossroads between Europe and Asia and lying along the historic Silk Road routes, Tbilisi has often been the point of contention between various rivaling powers and empires. The history of the city can be seen by its architecture, where the Haussmannized Rustaveli avenue and downtown are blended with the narrower streets of the Medieval Narikala district. Tbilisi has one international airport. Notable tourist destinations include Tbilisi Sameba Cathedral, Freedom Square, Sioni Cathedral, Metekhi, Narikala, Parliament of Georgia, Rustaveli Avenue, Turtle lake, Anchiskhati Basilica, Mtatsminda (Holy Mountain), Kashveti Church along with the National and Historic Museums of Georgia and numbers of art galleries. Tbilisi is the home of famous artists. The city life was immortalized in their art by Niko Pirosmani and Lado Gudiashvili. History of Tbilisi Panorama view of Tbilisi, showing Metekhi church, statue of the 5th century Georgian King Vakhtang Gorgasali and Mtkhvari river [edit] Early history According to an old legend, the present-day territory of Tbilisi was covered by forests as late as 458 A.D. One widely accepted variant of the legend of Tbilisi's founding states that King Vakhtang I Gorgasali of Georgia went hunting in the heavily wooded region with a falcon (sometimes the falcon is either substituted by a hawk or other small birds of prey in the legend). The King's falcon allegedly caught/injured a pheasant during the hunt, after which both birds fell into a nearby hot spring and died (from the burns received in the hot water). King Vakhtang became so impressed with the hot springs that he decided to cut down the forest and build a city on the location. The name Tbilisi derives from the Old Georgian word "Tpili", meaning warm. The name Tbili or Tbilisi ("warm location") therefore was given to the city because of the area's numerous sulfuric hot springs that came out of the ground. Archaeological studies of the region have revealed that the territory of Tbilisi was settled by humans as early as the 4th millennium B.C. The earliest actual (recorded) accounts of settlement of the location come from the second half of the 4th century A.D, when a fortress was built during King Varaz-Bakur's reign. Towards the end of the 4th century the fortress fell into the hands of the Persians after which the location fell back into the hands of the Kings of Kartli (Georgia) by the middle of the 5th century A.D. King Vakhtang I Gorgasali (reigned in the middle and latter halves of the 5th century) who is largely credited for founding Tbilisi was actually responsible for reviving and building up the city and not founding it. The present-day location of the area which Gorgasali seems to have built up is spread out around the Metekhi cliff and the latter-day Abanot-Ubani neighborhood. [edit] Tbilisi becomes a capital View of Tbilisi as per French traveller Jean Chardin, 1671King Dachi I Ujarmeli (beginning of the 6th century A.D.), who was the successor of Vakhtang I Gorgasali, moved the capital from Mtskheta to Tbilisi according to the will left by his father. It must be mentioned that Tbilisi was not the capital of a unified Georgian state at that time (therefore did not include the territory of Colchis) and was only the capital of Eastern Georgia/Iberia. During his reign, King Dachi I was also responsible for finishing the construction of the fortress wall that lined the city's new boundaries. Beginning from the 6th century, Tbilisi started to grow at a steady pace due to the region's favorable and strategic location which placed the city along important trade and travel routes between Europe and Asia.
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francotenelli ::: Favorites Forget about this version, please watch the same version improved(more pictures, better sound, different music tracks(one) ) Just go MORE FROM THIS USER when you see small ikons in a middle. Thanks for watching francotenelli 07-09-05 16:17:21 __________________________________________________
francotenelli ::: Favorites Thank you guys, I already corrected and put some new pictures and music in a new video. Will be here in a couple of hours, let you all know! Thanks for watching 07-09-05 13:20:34 __________________________________________________
ikogeorgiankartveli ::: Favorites great video sakartvelos gaumarjos 07-09-05 11:22:37 __________________________________________________
oleganna ::: Favorites Gorgeous place. Great job Franco! And thank you to allow us the whole history of Tbiliso. 07-09-05 08:46:31 __________________________________________________
nanaka77 ::: Favorites Hey Franco :)I really enjoyed watching your videos. thank you so much for love Georgia ! I love oll your videos :) 07-09-05 04:02:21 __________________________________________________
francotenelli ::: Favorites Thank you very much. I will change this one cause it seems to me now that pictures sometimes are changing too rapidly:) Anyways, you've got very good Georgian videos too, congratulations 07-09-05 10:31:32 __________________________________________________
francotenelli ::: Favorites Thank for the comment! Please enlarge this video(high def pictures) 07-09-04 12:37:02 __________________________________________________
GeorgianKings ::: Favorites Great job man! What a beautiful city and Country we have. Madliani mitza, gaikhare dzmao! 07-09-04 11:57:15 __________________________________________________