Georgian Military Road: Ananuri fortified ensemble

The Ananuri fortified ensemble (architect K. Bakhsarashvili), dating from the 17th century, is located on the left bank of the Aragvi River, along the famous original Georgian Military Road, 66km from Tbilisi. According to the official website of the World Heritage Convention / UNESCO The Ananuri fortified ensemble «incorporates a circuit wall with turrets, a porch, a Church of Virgin, a minor Church of Gvtaeba, a tower with a stepped pyramidal roof of Svanetian type, a single-nave Church Mkurnali, tower Sheupovari, a bell-tower, a spring and a reservoir. In the Church of the Virgin are buried some of the Eristavis (dukes) of Aragvi. The Church of the Assumption, built in 1689, has richly decorated facades with the fine relief carvings featuring human, animal and floral images, including a carved north entrance. It also contains the remains of a number of beautiful frescoes. The wall paintings executed between the 17th and the 18th centuries contain the depiction of Thirteen Assyrian Fathers (prominent ecclesiastical figures), which represent a convincible evidence for the study of the iconography of these figures.» These photos were taken in August 2025 and show some views of The Ananuri fortified ensemble. The Colchis Fountain is a monument created by Georgian architect David Gogichaishvili and opened in May 2012 in the central square of Kutaisi in Georgia. The monument celebrates the ancient kingdom of Colchis. In classical antiquity and Greco-Roman geography, Colchis was an exonym for the Georgian polity of Egrisi located on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, centered in present-day western Georgia also including the region of Abkhazia. The fountain is adorned with 30 large-scale copies of the famous gold jewellery discovered at archaeological sites in Georgia, including the nearby Vani. These photos were taken in August 2025 and show some views of The Colchis Fountain.