Akhaltsikhe Sights

  1. Ivane Javakhishvili Samtskhe-Javakheti History Museum

    The town's castle houses the fine Ivane Javakhishvili Samtskhe-Javakheti History Museum, whose interesting exhibits include a 16th-century manuscript of Rustaveli's The Knight in the Tiger Skin and a large collection of Caucasian carpets.

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  2. Rabati

    A wander around Akhaltsikhe's rabati (old town), with its multicultural architecture, is well worthwhile. This district is on a hill on the north side of the Potskhovi, just west of the bridge. Rare examples of darbazebi (traditional Georgian houses) cluster around the castle, which was built in the 12th century and houses a mosque from 1752 and the ruins of a medrese (Islamic school). The rabati also has a synagogue, an Armenian church and a Catholic church.

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