Mtskheta is the oldest capital of Georgia, 15 km away from Tbilisi. The place is connected with the formation of the statehood of the Georgian nation. Mtskheta begins the history of Christianity in Georgia. Among the Christian shrines in Mtskheta there is buried the biggest for the Georgians - the robe of the Lord. The city of Saturn is declared a city museum and is listed by UNESCO World Heritage List. Mtskheta and Didi Mtskheta were inhabited from the early and middle bronze periods (BC III-II millennium BC). B.C. From the end of the IV century Mtskheta is a political center of the newly formed Kartli (Iberia) kingdom.

Mtskheta's ancient monastic and ecclesiastical heritage does not leave indifferent tourists coming to Georgia, the history of Christian Mtskheta is essentially a history of the Catholicosate and the Holy See. Mtskheta Cathedral is particularly important - Svetitskhoveli. Svetitskhoveli is among the mainland for Georgians today and Mtskheta is the unicameral of the centuries-old history of the country. Mtskheta is a symbol of the proud past of Georgians.