Vakhtang I Gorgasali Kartliya's tsar, lived in the V century at its board there was an association of Georgia, was the founder of Tbilisi, and also the politician who much has made for prosperity of Georgia.
Nickname Gorgasal (letters. Volchegolovy) it was given it by Persians. As the legend says, the tsar had a helmet on which the head of a wolf was in front represented, and behind - a lion. Having caught sight of a helmet with images of a wolf and a lion, Persians started shouting each other: "Silly women аз горгасар" (beware of the wolf head).
The monument to Vakhtang Gorgasali (sculptor E.Amashukeli), was established in 1970 on the metekhsky rock which to be on the rocky left river bank of the Chicken.
It surprisingly organically entered into a landscape of the center of old Tbilisi. The monument as if is merged with Wednesday. Pedestal-black basalt. The statue is established on a stone platform near the ancient temple Metekhi.
"Mother of Kartli" - a monument in the capital of Georgia, become to one of symbols of Tbilisi.
The monument was constructed at top of the hill of Sololaka in 1958 when the city of Tbilisi I celebrated the 1500-year anniversary. The author of a monument 20 meters high is the Georgian sculptor Elgudzha Amashukeli. Originally, in 1958 the monument was executed from a tree. In 1963 it was replaced with the aluminum.
For a sculpture Mother of Kartli Elgudzha Amashukeli the Soviet Socialist Republic of Sh. Rustaveli was awarded in 1965 with the State award Georgian
The statue symbolizes the Georgian national character: the female figure holds in the left hand a bowl with wine for a greeting of those who came as the friend, and in the right hand a sword for those who came as the enemy.
Georgia goes on the way of innovations: it accepted the concept of change of a place of a dislocation of various government bodies and carries out on "hurrah". For example, the Georgian Constitutional court settles down now in Batumi. By 2012 plans to note "housewarming" and parliament of Georgia. For this purpose in Kutaisi the new building is erected.
Scale, emergence of the new directions and their fast implementation really strike. Rather recently in the small city of Mestia there was a new airport in style of minimalism. And in the settlement Sarpi adjoining on Turkey the new border check-point is open.
Alberto Domingo Kabo, the architect from Spain, is the designer and the creator of this project. Earlier he developed in Tbilisi the project of the new building for the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia which was executed in hi-tech style therefore in this country it is known already for the works.
Quite usual and traditional building consisting of seven floors, consists of 217 offices, and also has a conference hall for deputies. It wouldn't be so interesting, if not one "but": the building will be from above as a cover, it is covered with a hemispherical dome from glass which keeps on 30 beams. One of which has length 200 meters.
On a plan of the author, "cover" from glass has to associate with transparency, on the one hand, and force, with another. These associations will be strengthened in addition, by stylization of an entrance to parliament under a steel tree which starts up the roots.
By the way, many went in this country on the way of construction of transparent buildings. For example, walls of police stations are executed from glass. Probably, this "trend" is a peculiar metaphor: transparency of walls, transparency of the power, transparency of policy … Construction of parliamentary "house" in the heat. So-called "zero level" is already finished, and building of the main objects now begins. So if everything develops successfully further, the first meeting of the Georgian deputies will take place in 2012.
Kiramal's well-known turned restaurant is ready to offer you a variety of ethnic and European cuisine. The restaurant building in itself is known sight of a resort of Batumi as it is constructed head over heels and its basis is the roof! It is high-class restaurant with good level of service, a banquet room and a terrace. Interesting feature of interiors are unusual toilets in which the effect of the turned building is recreated.
The national park of Lagodekhi represents the wonderful heavenly spot before fans of the pure and untouched nature. This corner is in the east of Georgia in the historical Kakheti area. If to speak in more detail about park sites, it can be found on the southern slope of the mountain system of East Caucasus. Practically all park is covered with greens if it happens to find a site without dense vegetation, this site will be by all means occupied with any reservoir.
As a whole, characterizing flora of national park of Lagodekhi, it is worth referring to biocenoses quite typical for Georgia. From rare plants in the reserved territory it is possible to meet two peonies: Mlokosevich (Paeonia mlokosiewiczi) and lagodekhsky (P. lagodechiana), Smirnov's (Gymnospermium smirnowi) golosemyannik and Julia's (Primula juliae) primrose. The park fauna also not a board bast, in its structure is observed the mass of the most very interesting animal species. That costed only by one brown bear living in the territory of park of Lagodekhi as a part of very large population.
Also on open spaces of Kakheti in national park of Lagodekhi it is possible to meet a wild wild boar, the East Caucasian round, a chamois, the roe, a red deer, a lynx, a wolf. From birds living in park the greatest interest is represented by a golden eagle, the bearded man, the Caucasian mountain turkey, Sapsan. In the environment of amphibians the Caucasian frog is most numerous.
Uniqueness of park of Lagodekhi consists not only in its nature. The structure and the structure of park in much are other than other Georgian nature protection territories. In this plan it will be most important to designate that the national park of Lagodekhi is not in state, and in private submission. The territory of park is leased to the individual to Nikoloz Mandzhgaladze for a period of 10 years. This transfer took place during work of special auction on July 5, 2010. As this auction saw off state Agentsvo on protection of territories, and the tenant will monthly pay it a rent of 1 647 lari (about 950 US dollars). Together with national park, the winner of auction received duties to develop hotel and souvenir services in establishment.
General information on national park of Lagodekhi. Originally (in 2003) on its territory appeared the reserve under the name Lagodekhsky, then its area made 1 996 hectares. The status of national park received nature protection object two years of the late.
I feel special love to Signagi, after all in this city I married. Officially (wedding and a wedding happened a bit later, but it another story altogether). For the fifth day after my moving from Moscow to Tbilisi we absolutely spontaneously decided to undersign for the Georgian city of Signagi. It is the typical European small town – small lodges under a red tile roof, pavements from a stone blocks, unusual types of the nature and benevolent inhabitants. And in Signagi there is a restaurant, the tremendous view of the Alazansky valley, an ancient fortification and the round-the-clock registry office from where opens. But about all this one after another.
The Georgian city of Signagi is in the heart of Kakheti in 100 km from Tbilisi (2 hours of a driving) and if you decided to visit only one city in Kakheti – straight go to Signagi. Not so long ago the city completely repaired: restored facades of houses, made roads, constructed restaurants and hotels, generally, made a tourist place. After that some locals sold the houses to foreigners and artists, and some made house hotels. Since then in Signagi exhibitions, concerts and festive evenings become outdated.
In a warm sunny day it is a pleasure to walk across Signagi, it is possible to climb up also some towers of an ancient fortification of the XVIII century which surrounds the city, at last, to have dinner at restaurant and to admire a view of the Alazansky valley. It is possible to reach from Tbilisi to Signagi on a minibus which goes from bus station (Samgori's subway), fare — 5 lari.
And still Signagi called the city of love and opened there, as in Vegas, the round-the-clock registry office (to register marriage in which it is possible at any time (except Monday). Whether it is necessary to add that it added to the city still great popularity – now here come to marry and walk lovers.
Batumi, on November 18, GEORGIANFORM. On construction of "An alphabet tower" in Batumi, christened Georgian "Eiffel Tower", from the budget of Adzharia will spend 64 million lari. On three last floors of a tower the restaurant, television stations and observatory will settle down.
All 33 letters of the Georgian alphabet on modern and old Georgian languages are already put on a tower, each letter - 7 meters in size. Height of a tower makes 130 meters. Tower the glass sphere with turning restaurant which does a complete revolution for hour crowns. In the Batumi city hall assume that construction of a tower will come to the end by the end of 2011.
Being allocated against old constructions of the historical center Tbilisi, over the river Mtkvari (Mtkvari) the unique glass Mira Bridge which has connected two coast as two eras is located. On the one hand architecture of the past, with another – the modern city.
In due time construction of the bridge caused a resonance in society. The part of the population considered unacceptable to place so technological and modern creation near monuments of ancient architecture. But the majority agreed that it is time to bring cardinal changes in a city architecture, comparing emergence of Mira Bridge to construction of the Eiffel Tower.
The suspension wavy bridge of 156 meters was designed by the Italian architect Michel de Lyuchchi (Michel De Lucchi) together with the French engineer-lighter Philippe Martino (Philippe Martinaud). Thanks to a tandem of two creative persons and professionalism of the Italian construction company "Germa Steliza" on May 6, 2010, on St. George's holiday, the patron of Georgia, fine illumination open foot Mira Bridge. Especially fantastically this design in a night-time looks. At night about 30 thousand bulbs are lit and are activated about 240 sensors united in interactive light system. Using Morz's alphabet, on two parapets of Mira Bridge each hour appears the message containing elements making a human body of the chemical table of Mendeleyev. The main idea of this representation – all people are uniform, irrespective of a nationality and religion.
Glass and metal use in a design of the foot bridge also is symbolical, reflecting transparency of policy of the power. And the dynamic geometry means mobility and aspiration forward in the future. Exactly so explains the decision on construction of the glass bridge the main initiator of the order, the president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili.
In December, 2011 in Batumi one more work of the sculptor Tamar Kvesitadze - "Rotation" is established. As well as its previous work as "Ali and Nino" ("Love") it too the mobile. The sculpture established on Himshiashvili St. before the House of justice, is made of glass and metal and supplied with the mechanism. Composition according to sketches of the author made in Germany. Modern work of the known sculptor represents the moving figure of the woman which has caved in in the form of a wave which, according to the author, is a symbol of continuous change of time...
Prometheus cave (other name - Kumistavi) was found in 1984 in Imerety's Georgian region by the staff of Institute of geography. So unusual name in honor of the legendary Ancient Greek hero to a place was given by the president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili according to whom Prometheus was chained to mountains approximately in this area. The tourist route in a grotto 1600 meters long was created only few years ago.
Kumistavi - one of the latest sights and a nature sanctuary of Georgia; its improvement began in 2010. Here equipped excursion tracks with hand-rail and information plates throughout all route. Nowadays illuminated stalactites and stalagmites attract hundreds tourists to Imeretiya. Excursion on a grotto is accompanied by sound and lighting effects, creating in halls the atmosphere of fantastic movies. Over decorating of the territory with a radius of three kilometers round a cave, designers from Germany worked. At the exit from a cave the monument to the local which on own initiative during several tens years protected natural sight from vandals is established.
In a cave during the whole year constant temperature in 14 degrees above zero therefore in the summer here it is pleasant to hide from a heat remains, and in winter months - to be warmed.
Kumistavi - one of the latest sights and a nature sanctuary of Georgia
The cave of Kumistavi was found in 1984 in Imerety's Georgian region
Over decorating of a cave of Prometheus designers from Germany worked
More than a year ago in Batumi the new sculpture "Love" - merging bodies was exposed. The sculpture is so interesting that at first sight and not to estimate all its technical complexity. It was erected on a love story of the Georgian girl and the Azerbaijani young man Nino and Ali. To recreate all feelings of their experiences and sufferings the American sculptors and architects who very much liked idea about creation of such modern monument helped with separation. Actually figures are as though cut on a set of entrances horizontally and when joining one smoothly enters into another and the representing love and fidelity turns out from two one fine statues.
