Kashveti Church of St. George

The Kashveti Church of St. George is a Georgian Orthodox Church in central , located across from the Parliament building on Rustaveli Avenue. The Kashveti church was constructed between 1904 and 1910 by the architect Leopold Bilfeldt, who based his design on the medieval .
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  • Opening hours: 8:00 AM—8:00 PM
  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Georgian Orthodox
  • Description: church building in Tbilisi, Georgia
  • Also known as: “Kashveti Church”
  • Address: 9 რუსთაველის გამზირი

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Gallery of Georgia and Georgian National Museum.

Museum
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The Tbilisi Art Gallery, or the National Gallery is an art gallery located on Rustaveli Avenue in . Historically, it is known to Tbilisians as the Blue Gallery, taking its name from the various shades of the blue-green paint previously adorning the facade, although the building is now painted grey.

Museum
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The unifies several leading museums in . The museum was established within the framework of structural, institutional, and legal reforms aimed at modernizing the management of the institutions united within this network, and at coordinating research and educational activities. is situated 230 metres south of Kashveti Church of St. George.

Museum
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The is a history museum in , , documenting the seven decades of the Soviet rule in Georgia and dedicated to the history of the anti-occupational, national-liberation movement of Georgia, to the victims of the Soviet political repressions throughout this period. is situated 260 metres south of Kashveti Church of St. George.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Madatov Island and Sololaki.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
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is one of the oldest neighborhoods of , located in the southwestern part of the city. It is located on the right side of Mtkvari, on the slope of Mount Mtatsminda.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood of Old Tbilisi on the left bank of the . The 11th-13th century chronicles mention it as Isani, which is now one of the larger municipal regions of Tbilisi.

Kashveti Church of St. George

Latitude
41.69798° or 41° 41′ 53″ north
Longitude
44.7993° or 44° 47′ 58″ east
Inception
1910
Open location code
8HH6MQXX+5P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 65299828
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­building
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­georgian_orthodox
Wiki­data ID
Q1734896
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Armenian—“Kashveti Church of St. George” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Կաշվեթի եկեղեցի”
  • Armenian: “Քաշվեթի եկեղեցի”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kaşveti kilsəsi”
  • Bashkir: “Кашвети”
  • Chinese: “卡什維蒂教堂”
  • Chinese: “卡什韋蒂教堂”
  • Dutch: “Kashveti Church”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه كاشفيتى”
  • Esperanto: “Preĝejo Kaŝveti”
  • French: “église Saint-Georges-de-Kachvéti”
  • French: “Église Saint-Georges-de-Kachvéti”
  • Georgian: “ქაშვეთი (ძეგლი)”
  • Georgian: “ქაშვეთის ეკლესია”
  • Georgian: “ქაშვეთის წმინდა გიორგის სახელობის ტაძარი”
  • German: “Kaschweti-Kathedrale des Heiligen Georg”
  • German: “Kaschweti-Kirche”
  • Greek: “Εκκλησία του Κασβέτι”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית כשוותי”
  • Italian: “chiesa di Kashveti”
  • Italian: “Chiesa di Kashveti”
  • Lithuanian: “Kašvečio bažnyčia”
  • Persian: “کلیسای کاشوتی”
  • Polish: “Kaszweti”
  • Polish: “Kościół Kaszweti świętego Jerzego”
  • Russian: “Кашвети”
  • Russian: “Церковь Кашвети”
  • Spanish: “iglesia de Kashveti”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de Kashveti”
  • Turkish: “Kaşveti Kilisesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Кашветі”
  • Ukrainian: “Церква Кашветі”
  • Western Armenian: “Քաշուեթի Եկեղեցի”

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