Chronicle of Georgia: Crowned Ruler with a Sceptre

Crowned Ruler with a Sceptre. Crowned heads look out from several pillars — the Bagrationi dynasty ruled parts of Georgia for about a thousand years, one of the longest reigns in Europe. A crowned figure on one of the pillars, seen face to face from the height of the relief. “Evil was conquered by good, for the essence of good endures” — Rustaveli’s promise fits a monument built to outlast its age.