1.The first visual depiction of the city of Tbilisi belongs to the French traveler Jean Chardin. Born in Paris into a wealthy merchant family, he traveled through Georgia in the 1670s on his way to Persia. He later wrote a remarkable book about his journey from the Black Sea to Tbilisi. Most importantly, he provided the first visual representations of the city at a time when photography did not exist, giving us an idea of how Tbilisi looked in the 17th century. Today, there i
