Mtskheta - the ancient capital, a place that is connected to the nation's statehood. Mtskheta to start with the history of Christianity in Georgia. The greatest Christian relics are buried in Mtskheta - the robe.
Municipal construction of the biblical account of Noah's grandson, the mythical ancestor of Georgians Kartlosi son, Mtskhetos attributes: "and built a town where the Mtkvari and Aragvi and called the name of his Mtskheta. Mtskheta was the most glorified and utsoddes mother-city" ("Kartli Life").