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Mtskheta

Mtskheta
მცხეთა
Town
Flag of Mtskheta
Flag
Official seal of Mtskheta
Seal
Mtskheta is located in Georgia
Mtskheta
Mtskheta
Location of Mtskheta within Georgia
Mtskheta is located in Mtskheta-Mtianeti
Mtskheta
Mtskheta
Mtskheta (Mtskheta-Mtianeti)
Coordinates: 41°50′47″N 44°43′10″E / 41.84639°N 44.71944°E / 41.84639; 44.71944
Country Georgia
MkhareMtskheta-Mtianeti
MunicipalityMtskheta
Established5th century BC
Elevation
460 m (1,510 ft)
Population
 (2024)[1]
 • Total7,392
Time zoneUTC+4 (Georgian time)
Postal code
3300
ClimateCfa
Websitewww.mtskheta-mtianeti.gov.ge
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Mtskheta (Georgian: მცხეთა, romanized: mtskheta [ˈmtsʰχetʰa]) is a city in the region of Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia. It is one of the oldest cities in Georgia as well as one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.[2] It is located approximately 20 km (12 mi) north of Tbilisi, at the confluence of the Kura and Aragvi rivers. Currently a small provincial capital, for nearly a millennium until the 5th century AD, Mtskheta was a large fortified city and a significant economic and political center of the Kingdom of Iberia.

Due to the historical significance of the town and its several outstanding churches and cultural monuments, the "Historical Monuments of Mtskheta" became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994.[3] As the birthplace and one of the most vibrant centers of Christianity in Georgia, Mtskheta was declared the "Holy City" by the Georgian Orthodox Church in 2014.[4]

In 2016, the Historical Monuments of Mtskheta were placed by UNESCO under Enhanced Protection, a mechanism established by the 1999 Second Protocol to the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.[5]

  1. ^ "Population by regions". National Statistics Office of Georgia. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Historical city Mtskheta becomes 'Holy City'". Agenda.ge. 7 April 2014. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Historical Monuments of Mtskheta". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Historical city Mtskheta becomes 'Holy City'". Agenda.ge. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Georgia | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 3 May 2019.

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