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.
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