Telavi is an important transportation hub, industrial, agricultural (winemaking) and cultural center of Eastern Georgia. Until 1917, the territory of the municipality was included in the Telavi Mazra of the Tbilisi province, and from 1930 it was formed as a separate district
Alaverdi is one of the most impressive cultural monuments in all of Georgia. Built as a royal monastery in the 11th century alongside such famous works as Bagrati Cathedral in Kutaisi, Svetitskhoveli in Mtskheta, and Oshki in Tao-Klarjeti, it is a fantastic example of Georgian religious architecture.
Gremi is a 16th-century architectural monument – the royal citadel and the Church of the Archangels – in Kakheti, Georgia. The complex is what has survived from the once flourishing town of Gremi and is located southwest of the present-day village of the same name in the Kvareli district, 115 kilometers east of Tbilisi, capital of Georgia.
The Nekresi Monastery Complex is one of the most significant remaining monuments of early and medieval Georgian ecclesiastical architecture. For centuries, the monastery served as a religious and cultural regional center and played an invaluable role in the development of Christian culture in Georgia.