The capital of Abkhazia, Sukhumi (the Abkhaz name of the city - Akua), is rich in historical monuments, because he was 2500 years!

The first settlers in the territory of Abkhazia appeared on the northeastern outskirts of Sukhum: on the slopes of Mount Yashtuha was one of the oldest and largest (about 70 hectares) in the USSR paleolithic parking prehistoric man.

Indeed the city was founded on the basis of local settlements in the VI century. BC ancient Greeks and named in honor Dioskuriey twin brother Dioskurov - patrons travellers and navigators. The ruins Dioskurii rest on the bottom of Sukhumi bay. The unique archaeological finds of this time - a marble grave V in Stellite. BC -- Was found at the bottom of the bay Yuri Senkevich. This monument and 150 thousand unique cultural values represented in the Abkhazian state museum of Sukhum. Pages of ancient and medieval history of the town are the ruins of a Roman fortress Sebastopolisa (city received this name with the arrival of Roman rule in the I in. BC), a castle-fortress Abkhaz king Bagrat X-XI centuries., Besletsky XII of the arched bridge. prayer with the inscription, fortification towers of the Great Wall Abkhazian (the largest defensive structures Caucasus total length of 58 km), guard towers Genoese merchants in XIV. Turkish fortress and janissary in the XVIII.

Since the end of the XIX century. during the regular building in Sukhumi appear hundreds of magnificent hotels and restaurants, public buildings, sanatoriums, schools and gymnasiums, theatres and cinemas, villas and cottages, shaped modern unique look of the city. In addition to architectural monuments, cities are famous sights suhumskaya embankment, drowning in the palm and eucalyptus, Botanic Garden AN Abkhazia, founded in 1840 yet, and the park, collected thousands of Zool flowers and plants from around the world. North Botanical Garden, on the slope of the picturesque mountains Trapetsiya, is Research Institute of Experimental Pathology and Therapy AN Abkhazia to the famous monkey kennel established in 1927. Back in 1989, the All-Russian Congress of doctors admitted Sukhum one of the best climatic health resorts, especially for the treatment of lung diseases, so modern Sukhum - is also a wonderful spa resort.

In multi-ethnic city of many faiths represented: the Annunciation Cathedral, the Lutheran church, a Polish church and a synagogue, and 12 km from the city - the object of pilgrimage - Kamansky temple X-XII centuries., Erected on the spot in soothing IV in AD St. John Chrysostom., Which is a stone tomb in a temple. In the city center, the Park of Glory, the monument erected memory of heroes who lost their lives for the freedom of Abkhazia in the Patriotic War of 1992-93 he worked. These and many other monuments is ready to offer its guests 2500 - the summer and eternally young city Sukhum.