Chronicle of Georgia: Ground-Level View Along the Gallery

Ground-Level View Along the Gallery. A long, low building with tall windows frames the upper plaza, keeping the focus on the circle of pillars in the middle. A 360° view from the upper plaza, where the giant pillars stand in a ring on the summit of the hill. In 1008 Bagrat III became the first king of a united Georgian kingdom — the moment Kartli, Abkhazia and other lands were brought under one crown.