Samtavro Necropolis
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.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Cemetery in Georgia
- Also known as: “Samtavro necropolis”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Svetitskhoveli Cathedral and Armazi.
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 1 km south of Samtavro Necropolis.
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 1½ km south of Samtavro Necropolis.
Jvari Monastery
Monastery
Photo: Alexxx1979, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jvari Monastery is a sixth-century Georgian Orthodox monastery near Mtskheta, eastern Georgia. Jvari is a rare case of an Early Medieval Georgian church that has survived to the present day almost unchanged. Jvari Monastery is situated 2 km southeast of Samtavro Necropolis.
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.
Tserovani
Village
Photo: Island, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tserovani is a village, which is situated 4½ km northwest of Samtavro Necropolis.
Samtavro Necropolis
- Categories: cultural property, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Mtskheta Municipality, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
41.85133° or 41° 51′ 5″ northLongitude
44.71917° or 44° 43′ 9″ eastOpen location code
8HH6VP29+GMOpenStreetMap ID
way 267936923OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q12868713
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In Other Languages
From Bashkir to Uzbek—“Samtavro Necropolis” goes by many names.
- Bashkir: “Самтавро некрополе”
- Catalan: “Cementiri de Samtavro”
- Georgian: “სამთავროს ველი”
- Georgian: “სამთავროს მრავალფენიანი სამაროვანი”
- Georgian: “სამთავროს სამაროვანი”
- German: “Gräberfeld von Samtavro”
- Portuguese: “Necrópole de Samtavro”
- Russian: “Самтаврский могильник”
- Spanish: “Cementerio de Samtavro”
- Turkish: “Samtavro Mezarlığı”
- Uzbek: “Samtavr qabristoni”
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