Culture and history

Georgian identity was formed from the heritage of ancient Colchis and Iberia, the early adoption of Christianity (IV century) and the "golden age" under the Bagratids and Queen Tamar, when the canon of temple architecture and knightly literature were formed.

The unique Georgian alphabet, polyphonic singing, stage dance and wine tradition are basic cultural codes.

In the XIX-XX centuries - the urbanization of Tiflis/Tbilisi, the vanguard, then Soviet modernization.

After 1991, the country experienced political reforms and a cultural renaissance: cinema, design, music and gastronomy (supra, khinkali, khachapuri) strengthened the international image of Georgia as a hospitable and distinctive cultural territory of the Caucasus.