Telavi - As a Cultural And Tourist Resource

Abstract

The city of Telavi occupies a special place among the cities of Georgia with its centuries-old history. The tourist potential of Telavi is unique. It has large cultural and tourist resources. This is confirmed by alternative tourist tours of different content based on the history of Telavi.

 Most of the construction of the modern city of Telavi is made up of seven hills: "Zuzumbos Gora", "Dabaxnebis Gora", "Kadoris Gora", "Rvtaebis Gora’’, "Batoni Tsihixis gora", "Piqris Gora", historical and recreational "Gigos Gora". Alternative tourist routes Telavi refers to historical buildings located on these hills, and events that took place here.

Among them, it is worth noting the ''Dabaxnebis Gora'', where several craft industries were developed. On the street named after Bidzina Cholokashvili passing here, the remains of artisans' houses and their working premises are still preserved. We are talking about the so-called "Darabebi", where the craftsmen worked, and also sell their goods.

The remains of the fortress wall from the time of the Kakhetian king Quirikე III the Great, who made Telavi the capital of Kakheti, have been preserved on "Kadoris Gora".

An important tourist resource of Telavi is churches and the histories associated with them, including a memorial tour of churches destroyed in the Soviet period.

In the Soviet period, the traces of Soviet repressions were gradually erased, although the city of Telavi still "keeps" their traces. An example of this is the existence of the Politburo building in Telavi-Mazra, the local body of the "Georgian Extraordinary Commission VChK", connected with the events of August-September 1924.

 It is also worth noting the presence in Telavi of traces of the Red Terror - the Great Terror of 1937-1938 and personal stories of those shot and repressed, repressed houses, memories that are a great source for tour guides interested in various areas of tourism in Telavi.

In addition, it is possible to consider «German track in Telavi» as a separate tourist tour of Telavi, both in the form of stories of ethnic Germans living in Telavi and German prisoners of war.