Located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains on a ridge south of the Chattahoochee River, Atlanta is the capital city of Georgia. Tbilisi, the capital, an ancient city with many architectural monuments mingling with modern buildings, lies in eastern Georgia, partly in a scenic. Fortson, Ben W., Secretary of State. The State of Georgia and its Capitol. (Atlanta, ). Garrett, Franklin M. Atlanta and Environs. (New. This spirit what is the capital city of georgia dramatized by three Atlanta expositions: the International Cottonthe Piedmontand the Cotton States and International A Hall of Fame displays busts of signers of the Declaration of Independence and other illustrious Georgia statesmen. Periodic suggestions to alter the exterior of the building have been met with a statewide public outcry demonstrative of the pride Georgians feel about the Capitol. He was impressed with a bluff located about fourteen miles from the mouth of the Ogeechee River. Savannah was not technically the colony's "capital" or "seat of government" during this period.