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Kutaisi is one of the most beautiful and ancient Georgian cities situated in West Georgia on both banks of the picturesque Rioni river. The city itself is mentioned in the ancient Greek "Argos" epos as the capital of old Kolkheti.
Kutaisi has contributed much into the process of Georgian unification. In the VIII century it becomes the capital of West Georgia, while in the X century the capital of united Georgia headed by King bagrat III. At the age of 16 the strongest Georgian king David the Builder has been crowned here.
In the mid XV century Kutaisi becomes the capital of Imereti kingdom. It played the particular role as the center of Georgian national-liberating and cultural movement in the late XIX century. |
Aia, the same as Kutaisi, used to be the capital of the Georgian United Kingdom in the years of 975-1122. By its size Kutaisi is the second city in Georgia. It is located on the banks of the river Rioni. The summer here is rather hot and dry...
Kutaisi operates eleven hotels the total capacities of which reach 962 accommodations (of which 798 are currently extended for internally displaced persons, who were forced to escape from the ethnical conflict zones within the country)... 
Kutaisi is situated in the central part of the western Georgia. The city is settled on the territory where the river Rhioni takes off from a narrow, but rather deep, canyon and spates over flat lowland. Geographic coordinates of Kutaisi are 420 150 West and 420 450 North...