Photographer Abbas Atilay of RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service took these photos of the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, where ancient churches, modern bridges, sleepy streets, and busy thoroughfares all lie side by side. (18 PHOTOS)
Day And Night In Tbilisi
1
The Kura River divides the city.
2
Churches and houses perched on the steep banks
3
A newly constructed bridge over the Kura River
4
The baptism of a newborn baby in an Orthodox church
5
6
7
The reconstructed Holy Trinity Cathedral, known as Sameba, is the main cathedral of the Georgian Orthodox Church in Tbilisi.
8
Rustaveli Avenue, named after Shota Rustaveli, Georgia's 12th-century epic poet
9
Central Tbilisi
10
11
12
13
14
A small shop on Rustaveli Avenue
15
One of Tbilisi's old residential neighborhoods
16
Tbilisi at night
17
18
The Presidential Palace flies the Georgian flag.