In the yard of the Monastery, which has a panoramic view of the city, there is a pantheon of some of the great Georgian writers and public figures. In the 6 th century, there was a monastery built on it, called St. On one side, Tbilisi is surrounded by the impressive Mtatsminda (Holy Mountain). The King ordered the building of a city in the beautiful ravine, and naturally, the name was derived from the Georgian word, Tbili, meaning warm, and indeed, both the spring and the people live up to this name. It seems the spring was fed by very hot sulphurous waters, which still flow to this day. When the pheasant was taken out of the water, it had been boiled. The King killed a pheasant, which dropped into a spring. Legend has it that King Vakhtang Gorgasali of Kartli and his attendants were hunting in the Mtkvari River valley. Tbilisi was founded in the 5 th century A.D. This enchanting, ancient city is situated along the winding river Mtkvari. Nationals: Georgian, Armenian, Russian, Azerbaijani, etc.
