Narikala

Narikala is an historical fortress overlooking Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, and the Mtkvari River. The castle consists of two walled sections on a steep hill between the sulphur baths and the botanical gardens of Tbilisi. On the decrease court docket there is the lately restored St Nicholas church. Newly built in 1996–1997, it replaces the authentic thirteenth-century church that turned into destroyed in a hearth. The new church is of "prescribed cross" kind, having doors on 3 facets. The inner part of the church is embellished with the frescos showing scenes both from the Bible and history of Georgia.

The citadel turned into mounted inside the 4th century as Shuris-tsikhe and it changed into a Persian fort. It become significantly improved by means of the Umayyads within the 7th century and later, by way of king David the Builder 1089–1125. The Mongols renamed it "Narin Qala Most of extant fortifications date from the sixteenth and 17th centuries. In 1827, elements of the fort had been broken through an earthquake and demolished.