Archaeological Museum

Archaeological Museum is a building in Mtskheta Municipality, Mtskheta-Mtianeti. Archaeological Museum is situated nearby to the ruins Aragvi Gate, as well as near the arts center David Gamrekeli Art School of Mtskheta.

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Type: Building
Description: archaeological museum and former cinema in Mtskheta, Georgia
Also known as: “Cinema Karibche”, “Kinoteatr Karibche”, and “Mtskheta Archaeological Museum”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Svetitskhoveli Cathedral and Mikheil Mamulashvili Garden.

Svetitskhoveli Cathedral

Church

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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 360 metres south of Archaeological Museum.

Mikheil Mamulashvili Garden

Garden

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Mikheil Mamulashvili Garden is situated 280 metres southeast of Archaeological Museum.

Armazi

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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 1 km south of Archaeological Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mtskheta and Tsitsamuri.

Mtskheta

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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.