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Samtsevrisi church (VII c)
Mankhuti Church Mankhuti lower church. In the environs of the village Sarachlo, Bolnisi district. Turn of the 6th to7th cc. In the 1979 cleaning and archeological excavations were undertaken. Various details necessary for the restoration of the church, architectural  fragments and archeological materials were discovered. The restoration of the church was undertaken in 1983, using the method of the complete restoration. Technological method was used for the reinforcement of disintegrated stones. 
Tsirkoli church (VIII-IX cc)
Shatili is located on the north slope of the Great Caucasus Ridge, in the Gorge of the river Arguni. It is one of the most significant 14th-19th cc. architectural complexes, a fortress-village blocking up the Gorge. The complex comprises fortress-dwellings, battle and patrol fortresses, places for praying and subsidiary structure. In the course of the years a significant part of restoration work has been fulfiled. After a complete ending of restoration Shatili is intended to be turned into a living historical-architectural ethnographical Museum. 
SHATILI
ZEDA (UPPER) VARDZIA CHURCH 
Zeda Vardzia Church of the asumption is located to the west of Vardzia, on the leet bank of the river Mtkvari, in the depth of a George. It is a two-aisled church with an open south annex and highly artistic carved decoration. Before the restoration the church was in a severely damaged and crashed state, but important detailes preserved in situ made it possible to undertake its restoration using the method of a complete restoration. 
VARDZIA 
A rock-cut monastic complex Vardzia is located in south Georgia, on the left bank of the river Mtkvari. It is cut in a soft vulcanic rick of pinkish colour. The earliest croup of caves is ascribed to the 10th c, while the magor part of the rest belong to the 12th-13th cc. The monastery was sevely damaged in the result of an earthquake of the 12th c. due to which nowadays it looks as if being cut sown from the front side.Beginnng from the mid 20th c, complex conservation-restoration of the monastery has been undertaken, being held systematically. 
BAGRATI CATHEDRAL west porch of Bagrati Cathedral is erected in the first quarter of the 11th c. It is distinguished by special artistic merits among the structures of this type. Up to the second decade of the 19th c. west porch of Bagrati Cathedral was preserved almost undamaged, as testifield by N.Chernetsov's drawing. In 1985-1990 restoration of the porch was undertaken. preserved detailes of the porch, and N.Chernetsov's drawing had enabled the specialists to put ornamented stones of the porch on their propar place, using the so called anastylos method.
Dwelling of Old Tbilisi (XIX c.)