Mtskheta is a city in the region of Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia. It is one of the oldest cities in Georgia as well as one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It is located approximately 20 km (12 mi) north of Tbilisi, at the confluence of the Mtkvari and Aragvi rivers. Currently a small provincial capital, for nearly a millennium until the 5th century AD, Mtskheta was a large fortified city, a significant economical and political centre of the Kingdom of Iberia.
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Image: View to Mtskheta from Jvari
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Image: The Svetitskhoveli Cathedral 01
Romanization of Georgian is the process of transliterating the Georgian language from the Georgian script into the Latin script.
Mtskheta and Tbilisi romanized