Open Air Market

Open Air Market is a marketplace in Mtskheta Municipality, Mtskheta-Mtianeti. Open Air Market is situated nearby to the government office Administration of State Representative in Dusheti, Tianeti, Mtskheta and Kazbegi Municipalities, as well as near the archaeological site Samtavro Necropolis.

Opening hours: Saturday 8:00 AM or later
Type: Marketplace
Address: მცხეთა

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Samtavro Necropolis and Svetitskhoveli Cathedral.

Samtavro Necropolis

Archaeological site

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The Burial ground of the principality also known as Samtavro necropolis, is a cemetery north of Mtskheta, Georgia, dated between the middle of the third millennium BC and the 10th century. Samtavro Necropolis is situated 300 metres northwest of Open Air Market.

Svetitskhoveli Cathedral

Church

Photo: Supanut Arunoprayote, CC BY 4.0.

The Svetitskhoveli Cathedral is an Orthodox Christian cathedral located in the historic town of Mtskheta, Georgia, northwest of the Georgian capital Tbilisi. Svetitskhoveli Cathedral is situated 770 metres south of Open Air Market.

Armazi

Photo: Alexxx1979, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Armazi is a locale in Georgia, 4 km southwest of Mtskheta and 22 km northwest of Tbilisi. A part of historical Greater Mtskheta, it is a place where the ancient city of the same name and the original capital of the early Georgian kingdom of Kartli or Iberia was located. Armazi is situated 1¼ km south of Open Air Market.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mtskheta and Tsitsamuri.

Mtskheta

Photo: Kober, Public domain.

Mtskheta is a town with a population of about 8,000 people 15 km north of Tbilisi in the Kartli region of Georgia.

Tsitsamuri

Village

Tsitsamuri is a small village outside Mtskheta, Georgia. It is known as the place where the nation's famous writer and poet, Ilia Chavchavadze, was assassinated in 1907.