TELAVI

The first settlement on the territory of modern Telavi dates back to the Late Bronze Age and developed in the Hellenistic period, while a city-type settlement was formed in the Antiquity..

In the 12th century, it became one of the important trade centers and was given the status of a city

As a result of architectural excavations, underground tombs of the 1st and 2nd centuries AD have been discovered

თელავის ღირშესანიშნავია V-VI საუკუნეებით დათარიღებული ღვთაების ეკლესია, აგრეთვე XI საუკუნის ციხის გალავნის ნანგრევები, The ruins of the castle wall, a tower-like building with a chapel on the first floor has been preserved,

The center of the city is decorated with the Baton Castle, the monument of King Erekle II and many other sights.