Charm of Tbilisi: The Entrance Halls

ivane maCablis quCa N13 | beglar axospirelis gasasvleli, N3/7 | lado asaTianis quCa, N24 | lado asaTianis quCa, N13 | lado asaTianis quCa N58 | Salva da­dianis quCa, N18 | galaqtion tab quCa, N15 | galaqtion tabiZis quCa, N18 | daniel WonqaZis quCa, N12 | daniel WonqaZis quCa N4 | galaqti­on tabiZis quCa, N24/21 | geronti qiqoZis quCa N6 | ivane maCablis quCa, N17/27 | gero qiqoZis quCa, N9 | geronti qiqoZis quCa, N10, | pavle in­goroyvas quCa, N6 | Zmebi zubalaSilebis quCa, N4 | pavle ingoroyvas quCa, N20 | Tamar abakelias quCa, N5, aleqsandre griboedovis quCa N ale­qsandre griboedovis quCa, N27 | SoTa rusTavelis pr­o­s­peqti, N 54 | Tamar WoveliZis quCa, N7 | vasil barnovis quCa N 16 | konstantine mayaSvilis quCa, N18 | erekle ti­Svilis quCa, N 14 | merab kostavas quCa, N 41 | giorgi aTonelis q N31 | dimitri uznaZis quCa N53 | daviT aRmaSeneblis prospeqti N dimitri uznaZis quCa N15/2 | daviT aRmaSeneblis prospeqti N93 | k marjaniSvilis quCa N18 | winamZRvriSvilis quCa N39 | daviT aRmaSe lis prospeqti N111 | ivane javaxiSvilis quCa N 31 | g. Citaias quCa

Tbilisis xibli sadarbazoebi

13, Ivane Machabeli street, 3/7 | Beglar Akhospireli passage, 24 | Lado Asatiani street,13 | Lado Asatiani street, 58 | Lado Asatiani street, 18 | Shalva Dadiani street, 15 | Galaktion Tabidze stree | Galaktion Tabidze street, 12 | Daniel Chonkadze street, 4 | Daniel Chonkadze street, 24/21 | Galaktion Tabidze street, 6 | Geronti Kikodze street, 17/27 | Ivane Machabeli street, 9 | Geronti Kiko street, 10 | Geronti Kikodze street, 6 | Pavle Ingorokva street, 4 | Brothers Zubalashvili street, 20 | Pavle Ingorokva street, 5 | Tamar Abakelia street, 14 | Alexsander Griboyedov street, 27 | Alexsa Griboyedov street, 54 | Rustaveli ave., 7 | Tamar Chovelidze street, 16 | Vasil Barnov street, 18 | Konstantine Makashvili street, 14 | Erekle Tatishvili street, 41 | Merab Kostava street, 31 | George Atroneli street, 53, Dimitri Uznadze street, 36 | David Agmashenebeli Ave, 15/2 | Dimitri Uznadze street, 93, David Agmashenebeli Ave, 18 Kote Marjanishvili, 39 | Mikheil Tsinamdzgrishvili street, 111 | David Agmashenebeli Ave., 31 | Ivane Javakhishvili street, 17/1 | G. Chitaia street.

Charm of Tbilisi THE ENTRANCE HALLS

saqarTvelos kulturuli memkvidreobis Zeglebi

ivane maCablis quCa N13 | beglar axospirelis gasasvleli, N3/7 | lado asaTianis quCa, N24 | lado asaTianis quCa, N13 | lado asaTianis quCa N58 | Salva da­dianis quCa, N18 | galaqtion tab quCa, N15 | galaqtion tabiZis quCa, N18 | daniel WonqaZis quCa, N12 | daniel WonqaZis quCa N4 | galaqti­on tabiZis quCa, N24/21 | geronti qiqoZis quCa N6 | ivane maCablis quCa, N17/27 | gero qiqoZis quCa, N9 | geronti qiqoZis quCa, N10, | pavle in­goroyvas quCa, N6 | Zmebi zubalaSilebis quCa, N4 | pavle ingoroyvas quCa, N20 | Tamar abakelias quCa, N5, aleqsandre griboedovis quCa N ale­qsandre griboedovis quCa, N27 | SoTa rusTavelis pr­o­s­peqti, N 54 | Tamar WoveliZis quCa, N7 | vasil barnovis quCa N 16 | konstantine mayaSvilis quCa, N18 | erekle ti­Svilis quCa, N 14 | merab kostavas quCa, N 41 | giorgi aTonelis q N31 | dimitri uznaZis quCa N53 | daviT aRmaSeneblis prospeqti N dimitri uznaZis quCa N15/2 | daviT aRmaSeneblis prospeqti N93 | k marjaniSvilis quCa N18 | winamZRvriSvilis quCa N39 | daviT aRmaSe lis prospeqti N111 | ivane javaxiSvilis quCa N 31 | g. Citaias quCa

Tbilisis xibli sadarbazoebi

13, Ivane Machabeli street, 3/7 | Beglar Akhospireli passage, 24 | Lado Asatiani street,13 | Lado Asatiani street, 58 | Lado Asatiani street, 18 | Shalva Dadiani street, 15 | Galaktion Tabidze stree | Galaktion Tabidze street, 12 | Daniel Chonkadze street, 4 | Daniel Chonkadze street, 24/21 | Galaktion Tabidze street, 6 | Geronti Kikodze street, 17/27 | Ivane Machabeli street, 9 | Geronti Kiko street, 10 | Geronti Kikodze street, 6 | Pavle Ingorokva street, 4 | Brothers Zubalashvili street, 20 | Pavle Ingorokva street, 5 | Tamar Abakelia street, 14 | Alexsander Griboyedov street, 27 | Alexsa Griboyedov street, 54 | Rustaveli ave., 7 | Tamar Chovelidze street, 16 | Vasil Barnov street, 18 | Konstantine Makashvili street, 14 | Erekle Tatishvili street, 41 | Merab Kostava street, 31 | George Atroneli street, 53, Dimitri Uznadze street, 36 | David Agmashenebeli Ave, 15/2 | Dimitri Uznadze street, 93, David Agmashenebeli Ave, 18 Kote Marjanishvili, 39 | Mikheil Tsinamdzgrishvili street, 111 | David Agmashenebeli Ave., 31 | Ivane Javakhishvili street, 17/1 | G. Chitaia street.

Charm of Tbilisi

MONUMENTS OF GEORGIA’S CULT URAL HERITAGE

THE ENTRANCE HALLS

winamdebare gamocema 2006-2007 wlebSi saqarTv­elos ­­ kulturuli memkvidreobis dacvis saxel­m­wi­­ fo programis farglebSi istoriuli qalaqeb­is – Tbilisis, baTumisa da quTaisis dafarviTi in­ ve­­­ntarizaciis Sedegad mopovebuli masalebis sa­fuZvelze momzadda. gegmazomierma saaRricxvo da kvleviTma samuSaoebma aCvena, Tu ra simdidresa da mravalferovnebas inaxavs Cveni urbanuli memkvidreoba, ra nairgvari da Rirebulia xSirad ucnobi, aw ki aRricxuli da sistematizirebuli mxatvruli nimuSebi (fasadebi, Weduroba, moxatuli sadarbazoebi, xis mxatvruli damuSaveba Tu sxva). saxelmwifo programiT mopovebuli masalis safu­Zvelze moxatuli sadarbazoebis Sesaxeb wigni am ukanasknel xanebSi ukve meored gamodis (c. kilaZe, m. meZmariaSvili, T. gersamia, Tbilisuri sadarbazo­ebi, 2008 w.). amjeradac, vimedovnebT, warmodgenili masala didad waadgeba am gamorCeuli nimuSebis popularizaciisa da dacvis aucilebel saqmes. nikoloz vaCeiSvili kulturuli memkvidreobis dacvis erovnuli saagentos generaluri direqtori

The given publication reflects the results of the activities carried out during the comprehensive inventory of the historical cities of Tbilisi, Batumi and Kutaisi, implemented through the years 2006-2007 within the framework of the State Program for Protection of the Cultural Heritage of Georgia. Through the preplanned work conducted in adherence with the schedule the color and value of our urban heritage has been revealed in full of its beauty and richness, that includes lots of perfect samples of building facades, metalwork, entrance halls embellished with wall painting, woodcutting, etc., many of which frequently were inaccessible and even unknown until their registration and ranking realized thanks to the mentioned activities.

Material compiled through the aforementioned State Program in regards of the entrance halls embellished with wall painting made possible this volume, the second of its kind in the recent times to be published (T. Kiladze, M. Medzmariashvili, T. Gersamia -�Tbilisi Entrance Halls�; Tb. 2008). This issue, containing many distinguished samples, hopefully will as well be useful for the highly appreciated case of further promotion and protection of this particular sphere of our huge and colorful heritage.

NIKOLOZ VACHEISHVILI General Director of National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia

Zveli Tbilisis xibli

Tbilisis xibli sityvebiT Zneli gadmosacemia, is TiTqos haerSi trialebs, Zveli ubnebis mixveul mo­xveul quCebs Tan sdevs, quCebze dakiduli aiv­nebis WvirulebSi, Suq-Crdilis aTinaTebiT gacocxle­ bul fasadebzea gabneuli, fasadebze, romlebsac aqa-iq baTqaSi CamocveniaT da Zveli qvis wyoba gaSiSvlebiaT. es xibli SuSabandian Sida ezoebSi, idumal mosaxvevebSi uecrad SeefeTeba mimsvlels da moulodnelobiT gaaocebs. araerTxel dangreuli Tbilisi yovelTvis Tavidan aRsdgeboda xolme, Zvelis saZirkvelze axali kedlebi Sendeboda, Tumca qalaqi uZvelesi istoriis naSTebs yovelTvis saTuTad inaxavda. dResac Tbilisis Zveli ubnebi istoriul gegmarebas mihyveba, uZvelesi taZrebi, galavani da sxva nagebo­ bebi qalaqis gansakuTrebul atmosferos qmnis da XIX saukunis evropuli stilis Senobebs erwymis. stilTa da tradiciaTa es mravalgvari naerTi qa­ laqis ganumeorebel kolorits warmoadgens. xSirad Tbilisis istoriis, misi warsulis zogie­ rTi Tavisebureba TiTqos SeumCnevelia. dResac qa­ laqis erT-erTi saidumloeba Tu moulodneloba fasadebs Tvals mifarebuli Tbilisuri sadarbazoebia. Tbilisuri sadarbazo, rogorc arqiteqturuli elementi arc ise didi xnisaa, is XIX saukuneSi axali tipis evropul saxlebTan erTad Cndeba. sadarbazo saxlis mepatroneTa erTgvar savizito baraTs warmoadgenda da rogorc qalaquri, burJuaziuli yofis simbolo mdidrulad iyo mokazmuli sadResaswaulo holebiT, iatakze warweriT SALVE, portalebiT, pilastrebiT, marmarilos imitaciis panelebiT, dekoratiuli naZerwobiT, mozaikiT, kibis cxaurebiT, salonuri xasiaTis nairferi mxatvrobiT, vitraJebiTac ki. mxatvroba aRorZinebis da barokos epoqis ferwe­ r­ul motivebs baZavda. yvavilebis girlandebi, zRa­prul feriebs mimsgavsebuli qalebi, cis fonze mfrinavi putis figurebi, romantikuli peizaJebi, farSevangebi, Soreuli qveynebis amsaxveli egzoti­ ku­ri scenebi an kidev saxlis mepatroneTa winap­ re­bis yofa-cxovrebis, maTi profesiis, istoriis amsa­xveli siuJetebi - yvelaferi es uxvad iyo wa­ r­­mo­dgenili vestibiulidan bolo sarTulis Ca­T­ v­liT.

mozaikuri iatakebis ornamentebi plafonis mxa­t­­ vrobas ejibreboda, balustradebis cxaurebi Ti­­ Tqos kedlebis dekoratiul naZerwobas Tu fe­r­­ weras exmianeboda, kedlis, kibis marSebis mxatv­ro­ba lavgardanebs da vitraJebs. saxlebis mesaku­Treni da mxatvar-xelosnebi gatacebulni iyvnen warmosaxviTi samyaros SeqmniT, im droisTvis modu­ri optikuri iluziis e.w. trompe d`oeil-is teqni­k­iT. ase Cndeboda sadarbazos kedlebze viTomda da­­kiduli dazguri suraTi Zveleburi CarCoTi, ba­l­­ustradebs miRma xme­lTaSuazRvis gaSlili panoramebi, niSebSi antikuri qandakebebi, xolo plafo­nis „caze” Citebi, Rrublebi da amurebi. zeTiT an temperiT ZiriTadad tiloze, ufro iSvi­ aTad ki baTqaSze xatavdnen. SedarebiT martivi orna­mentebisTvis iyenebdnen trafaretebs. zogjer mo­sa­mzadebeli naxatiT daferili Spalerebi Semdeg adgilze cxoveldeboda. am epoqisTvis saxasiaTo ekleqtizmi, sxvadasxva mo­ tivebis da mxatvruli stilebis Sereva - fsevdo­ kla­­sicisturidan orientalizmamde Tbilisuri mo­ v­lenac aris - feradovnebis siyvaruli, fantaziis siuxve, erT sivrceSi mravalgvari formebisa da sa­xeebis Tanaarseboba da gamTlianeba... es interierebi TiTqos Tbilisur mikrosamyaroa, sadac erTmaneTs erwymis gansxvavebuli kultura da erovneba, Zveli da axali, aRmosavleTi da da­­ savleTi, zRapari da realoba. erT sivrceSi kos­mo­ politur TemebTan da dekorTan erTad Cndeba ero­ vnuli motivebi, kavkasionis xedebi, aragvis xeoba, „vefxistyaosnis” Temaze Sesrulebuli scenebi. dekorisa da moxatulobis damkveTni da Semsrulebeli mxatvrebic gansxvavebuli erovnebis adamianebi iyvnen. kedlis mxatvrobam ramdenime maTganis xelmowerac Semogvinaxa: b. telingateri, de marco, i. poznani, r. kergeri... ucxoel mxatvrebTan erTad adgilobrivi ostatebic muSaobdnen, mag., gigo zaziaSvili, ivane vefxvaZe

da sxva. iqneb niko firosmanaSvilsac, romelic da­zguri suraTebis garda kedlebzec xatavda, rome­ l­i­­me sadarbazos eskizi Seesrulebina...

XIX-XX saukuneebis mijnaze burJuaziuli gemovneba axali stiliT Seicvala. es procesi evropaSi daiwyo, sadac jer kidev XIX saukunis miwuruls arqi­ teqturaSi, gamomsaxvelobiT da dekoratiul xe­ lo­­vnebaSi modernis stili gavrcelda. moderni yo­­fiT sferoSic SeiWra - aveji, WurWeli, samosi, aq­­­se­suarebi da varcxnilobac ki.

XX s-is dasawyisSi modernis stilma Tbilisamdec mo­aRwia. msubuqi, dinamikuri mcenareuli motivebi Tavisuflad Semoevlo sadarbazeobis interierebs, naxati TiTqos gadaedineboda Weridan kedlebze, ka­ris Weduri ornamentebidan kibis balustradis cxaurebze. interierebi ufro metad naTeli da stilis mxriv erTgvarovani gaxda. amave dros uf­ro mokrZalebuli da sada. zogjer modernis stilis dekorTan erTad Cndeba ampiris, ar-dekos motivebi, realisturad Sesrulebuli peizaJebic, ro­ mlebic sadarbazoebis gaformebis saerTo konte­ qstSia CarTuli.

1921 wels bolSevikuri Zalauflebis damyarebam sadarbazoebis mxatvrulad gaformebis xanmokle tradicia Sewyvita. proletaruli saxelmwifos id­e­­ologia daundoblad ebrZoda „burJuaziul” mo­­xatulobebs. saxlebma dakarges TavianTi mepat­ roneebi, axali macxovreblebi ki xSirad interierebis Zvel morTulobas umowyalod anadgurebdnen. am 90 wlis manZilze Cv­e­namde saswaulebrivad moRweuli sadarbazoebis moxatuloba Tu plastikuri naZerwobis fragmentebi dRes gardasuli epoqis romantikul mogonebad, uecar xiblad warmoudgeba mnaxvels. TiTqos im Soreul warsuls acocxlebs, rodesac Tbilisu­ri saxlebi sazeimod brwyinavda mooqrovili Tu mozaikuri samkauliT, Suqfarnidan Semosuli mocim­cime Suqis aTinaTebiT, axlad moxatuli kedlebi ki saRebavis mkveTr surnels afrqvevda.

Charm of Old Tbilisi

One who aspires to express peculiarity of the charm radiated by the historical part of the city of Tbilisi – the Old Town – encounters a rather complicated mission, since its elusive attractiveness as if hovers in the air, fills up old twisted streets, flashes through the openwork decoration of the balconies that hang over the streets, is scattered over the facades with the sections of exposed masonry, nevertheless revived by the play of light and shade. This charm will astonish the viewer as courtyards with glassed galleries all of a sudden come up round the corner.

Despite all the ordeal, destruction and devastations the town would always be restored to life, new walls would be erected upon the old foundations, though the citizens would always be keen on preserving the remains of the ancient history of their beloved city. Even today the entire Old City follows the track of centuries-old traditional urban development. Its ancient temples, the defense wall and other buildings and their natural confluence with the XIX century constructions of European style create particular atmosphere. This multitude of styles and traditions constitutes the city texture.

Quite often some elements of the city history and of its charm remain hidden and imperceptible at first sight.

Tbilisi entrance halls are one of these kinds of mysteries hidden away from worldly vanity beyond the faca­ des. This architectural element is relatively young and ap­pears at the same time as the new European-style houses that started to emerge in Tbilisi in XIX c.

The landlords had always regarded the entrance halls as a sort of their visiting card and a sign of social succe­ss and status. They never stinted on adornment of the entrance halls, sometimes even decorating them lavishly by means of dressed-up hallways and thresholds with welcoming inscriptions “SALVE”, portals and pilasters, panels imitating marble, decorative moldings, mosaic, forged railings and stair posts, salon-style colorful paintings and even stained glass.

Paintings were imitating motives common for the Renaissance and Baroque styles. Floristic garlands, wo­ men resembling fairies of ancient legends, putti figu­res levitating in the sky, romantic landscapes, some exo­tic scenes of faraway countries or portraits of the la­nd­lord’s ancestors, or paintings narrating their family history and occupations – all that kind of mural decorations were applied on the walls and ceilings of the entrance halls

and lobbies. Mosaic ornaments of the floors were competing with the painted plafonds. Decorative stair po­sts and banisters were in concordance with wall painting and molded decoration. Cornices and stained glass we­ re in full harmony with mural and stair flight painting.

Both the landlords and the artists were involved in the creation of an imaginary world. They chose the trompe d`oeil technique – method of creation of an optical illusion. Thanks to this, walls were decorated with old easel painting and frame imitations coupled with simulations of antique sculptures located in the niches beyond the stair posts and on the deep background of Mediterranean landscapes, while the plafond surfaces were covered with the images of birds and cupids in heaven.

Oil or tempera painting was mainly made on canvas – more rarely, on plaster. For relatively simple ornaments, that were to be repeated throughout building or its entrance, craftsmen used stencils. In some cases wallpaper with drawing outlines would be used, it would be coloured later.

Eclecticism, so characteristic for the epoch in question, its interesting blend of different motifs and artistic styles the range of which varies from pseudo-classicistic to oriental was common for Tbilisi as well – love of expressive colors, boundless imagination, coexistence of different forms and shapes and their sensational integration...

Those interiors are the substantial components of microcosm of Tbilisi, where different cultures and nationalities, the old and the new, the East and the West are in surprising coexistence. Along with several cosmopolitan motives and decorations, local themes emerge - marvelous views of the Great Caucasus, Aragvi Go­rge and scenes from the epic poem “Vepkhistkhaosani” (The Knight in the Panther`s Skin).

Both the clients and the executors of the decoration and paintings were people of different nationalities. Fortunately, signatures of some of the entrance hall and interior artists have survived to this day: B. Telingater; De Marzo; J. Poznan; R. Kärger are among them.

Some local artists – Gigo Zaziashvili, Ivane Vepkhvadze and others worked side by side with foreigners. Perhaps, Niko Pirosmanashvili himself, who used to be a skillful mural painter, had made sketches for some of the entrance hall embellishments.

The bourgeois taste and fashion was almost totally altered on the turn of XIX –XX cc. Art Noveau that had originated in Europe in the closing decades of the XIX c, became absolutely dominant in almost all branches of Fine Art and architecture. Moreover, Art Nouveau style penetrated all spheres of everyday life – furniture, crockery and tableware, clothes, accessories, even hairdressing and fashion, were under the influence of this trend.

The Art Nouveau style reached Tbilisi in early XX c. Dynamic and light floristic motifs freely and readily encircling the whole of the building interiors, where the paintings were unrestrictedly floating from ceiling to walls, from the forged ornamentation of the entrance door to the decorated stair posts and balusters. The interiors themselves became more illuminated and simpler in adornment – their style became more uniform. Several new patterns are easily noticeable in the interior decorations of those times. Sometimes the Art Nouveau style is mixed with Art-Deco and empire motives coupled with some realistic landscapes, however all the elements perfectly fit the whole context of the entrance hall adornment.

Following the establishment of the Bolshevik regime in 1921 the relatively short tradition of adornment of the entrance halls ceased. Ideology of the new state of the proletariat was merciless in razing everything related with bourgeoisie, including the painted entrance halls. The former owners of these mansions have lost their properties, while new residents often were glad to destroy everything what was regarded as out-of-date and useless for the interests of proletariat. Mysteriously surviving ninety years of total neglect, the entrance hall paintings coupled with molded decorative elements are regarded as romantic recollection of the times gone by. But they are still helpful in imaginative revival of the period when grand Tbilisi mansions shone with their gilded decoration and mosaic ornament that were repeatedly reflecting rays of light pouring inside from the lit streets, and when the walls covered with paintings filling up the whole interior with fragrance of the newly applied paint.

qalaqze nelma alma ifeTqa, saxlebze adis feradi boli da kibeebze, viT vinietka,

dafenilia dafnis foToli. galaktion tabiZe

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I

ivane maCablis quCa, N13 / 13, Ivane Machabeli street

ivane maCablis quCa, N13 / 13, Ivane Machabeli street

ivane maCablis quCa, N13 / 13, Ivane Machabeli street

II

beglar axospirelis gasasvleli, N3/7 / 3/7, Beglar Akhospireli passage

beglar axospirelis gasasvleli, N3/7 / 3/7, Beglar Akhospireli passage

III

lado asaTianis quCa, N24 / 24, Lado Asatiani street

IV

lado asaTianis quCa, N13 / 13, Lado Asatiani street

V

lado asaTianis quCa, N58 / 58, Lado Asatiani street

VI

Salva dadianis quCa, N18 / 18, Shalva Dadiani street

Salva dadianis quCa, N18 / 18, Shalva Dadiani street

VII

galaktion tabiZis quCa, N15 / 15, Galaktion Tabidze street

VIII

galaktion tabiZis quCa, N18 / 18, Galaktion Tabidze street

galaktion tabiZis quCa, N18 / 18, Galaktion Tabidze street

galaktion tabiZis quCa, N18 / 18, Galaktion Tabidze street

galaktion tabiZis quCa, N18 / 18, Galaktion Tabidze street

Sen agixsnia bevri qaragma,

qoronikonis kenti da luwi,-

magram ar ici, Cvenma qalaqma ra suraTebi moqarga uwin. ioseb griSaSvili

IX

daniel WonqaZis quCa, N12 / 12, Daniel Chonkadze street

daniel WonqaZis quCa, N12 / 12, Daniel Chonkadze street

X

daniel WonqaZis quCa, N4 / 4, Daniel Chonkadze street

daniel WonqaZis quCa, N4 / 4, Daniel Chonkadze street

daniel WonqaZis quCa, N4 / 4, Daniel Chonkadze street

XI

galaktion tabiZis quCa, N 24/21 24/21, Galaktion Tabidze street

galaktion tabiZis quCa, N 24/21 24/21, Galaktion Tabidze street

XII

geronti qiqoZis quCa, N6 / 6, Geronti Kikodze street

geronti qiqoZis quCa, N6 / 6, Geronti Kikodze street

XIII

ivane maCablis quCa, N17/27 17/27, Ivane Machabeli street

ivane maCablis quCa, N17/27 17/27, Ivane Machabeli street

ivane maCablis quCa, N17/27 17/27, Ivane Machabeli street

ivane maCablis quCa, N17/27 17/27, Ivane Machabeli street

ivane maCablis quCa, N17/27 17/27, Ivane Machabeli street

XIV

geronti qiqoZis quCa, N9 / 9, Geronti Kikodze street

geronti qiqoZis quCa, N9 / 9, Geronti Kikodze street

XV

geronti qiqoZis quCa, N10 / 10, Geronti Kikodze street

geronti qiqoZis quCa, N10 / 10, Geronti Kikodze street

XVI

pavle ingoroyvas quCa, N 6 / 6, Pavle Ingorokva street

XVII

Zmebi zubalaSvilebis quCa, N 4 / 4, Brothers Zubalashvili street.

Zmebi zubalaSvilebis quCa, N 4 / 4, Brothers Zubalashvili street.

da gavida ivlisi,

da movida, wamebo,

SfoTiani tfilisi: poetebis samefo!

galaktion tabiZe

XVIII

pavle ingoroyvas quCa, N20 / 20, Pavle Ingorokva street

pavle ingoroyvas quCa, N20 / 20, Pavle Ingorokva street

XIX

Tamar abakelias quCa, N5 / 5, Tamar Abakelia street

Tamar abakelias quCa, N5 / 5, Tamar Abakelia street

XX aleqsandre griboedovis quCa N14 / 14, Alexsander Griboyedov street

XXI aleqsandre griboedovis quCa, N27 / 27, Alexsander Griboyedov street

XXII SoTa rusTavelis prospeqti, N 54 / 54, Rustaveli ave.

SoTa rusTavelis prospeqti, N 54 / 54, Rustaveli ave.

meliqiSvilis gamziri ia, vardi da bza...

uSenod veRar gavZeli Cemi balRobis gzav. murman lebaniZe

XXIII Tamar WoveliZis quCa, N7 / 7, Tamar Chovelidze street

XXIV vasil barnovis quCa, N16 / 16, Vasil Barnov street

XXV

konstantine mayaSvilis quCa, N18 18, Konstantine Makashvili street

XXVI erekle tatiSvilis quCa, N14 / 14, Erekle Tatishvili street

XXVII merab kostavas quCa, N41 / 41, Merab Kostava street

merab kostavas quCa, N41 / 41, Merab Kostava street

XXVIII giorgi aTonelis quCa, N31 / 31, George Atoneli street

giorgi aTonelis quCa, N31 / 31, George Atoneli street

cal-calke miyvars Seni quCebi, rogorc xelebi sayvarel qalis, isev didubes gaveyuCebi,

orTaWalaSi davwurav xaliss. valerian gafrindaSvili

XXIX dimitri uznaZis quCa, N53 / 53, Dimitri Uznadze street

XXX daviT aRmaSeneblis prospeqti, N36 / 36, David Agmashenebeli ave.

daviT aRmaSeneblis prospeqti, N36 / 36, David Agmashenebeli ave.

daviT aRmaSeneblis prospeqti, N36 / 36, David Agmashenebeli ave.

XXXI dimitri uznaZis quCa, N15/2 / 15/2, Dimitri Uznadze street

XXXII daviT aRmaSeneblis prospeqti, N93 / 93, David Agmashenebeli ave.

daviT aRmaSeneblis prospeqti, N93 / 93, David Agmashenebeli ave.

daviT aRmaSeneblis prospeqti, N93 / 93, David Agmashenebeli ave.

daviT aRmaSeneblis prospeqti, N93 / 93, David Agmashenebeli ave.

XXXIII kote marjaniSvilis quCa, N18 /18 Kote Marjanishvili street

XXXIV mixeil winamZRvriSvilis quCa, N39 / 39, Mikheil Tsinamdzgrishvili street

mixeil winamZRvriSvilis quCa, N39 / 39, Mikheil Tsinamdzgrishvili street

mixeil winamZRvriSvilis quCa, N39 / 39, Mikheil Tsinamdzgrishvili street

mixeil winamZRvriSvilis quCa, N39 / 39, Mikheil Tsinamdzgrishvili street

qalaqs moswonda drosTan Widili, ar nebdeboda siberes igi

da, Tbil budeSi Camjdar CitiviT, mSvidad feTqavda galavans SigniT. oTar WilaZe

XXXV daviT aRmaSeneblis prospeqti, N111 / 111, David Agmashenebeli ave.

daviT aRmaSeneblis prospeqti, N111 / 111, David Agmashenebeli ave.

daviT aRmaSeneblis prospeqti, N111 / 111, David Agmashenebeli ave.

daviT aRmaSeneblis prospeqti, N111 / 111, David Agmashenebeli ave.

XXXVI ivane javaxiSvilis quCa, N31 / 31, Ivane Javakhishvili street

ivane javaxiSvilis quCa, N31 / 31, Ivane Javakhishvili street

XXXVII giorgi Citaias quCa, N17/1 / 17/1,Giorgi Chitaia street

anotaciebi Comments

I.

ivane maCablis (yofili sergis) quCa, N13, aSenebulia 1905 wels, arqiteqtori karl caari.

13, Ivane Machabeli (former Sergi) street, constructed in 1905. Architect Karl Zaar.

II.

beglar axospirelis (yofili moRninis) gasasvleli, N3/7, aSenebulia 1900-ian wlebSi. 3/7, Beglar Akhospireli (former Mognini) passage, constructed 1900s.

III.

lado asaTianis (yofili baRis) quCa, N24, aSenebulia 1880-90-ian wlebSi. 24, Lado Asatiani (former Garden) street, constructed in 1880-90s.

IV.

lado asaTianis, (yofili baRis) quCa, N13, proeqti damtkicebulia 1897wels, arqiteqtori ioseb garicelovi.

13 Lado Asatiani (former Garden ) street. The project was approved in 1897. Architect Ioseb Garitselov.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

lado asaTianis (yofili baRis) quCa, N58, aSenebulia 1890-ian wlebSi. 58, Lado Asatiani (former Garden) street, constructed in 1890s.

Salva dadianis (yofili veliaminovis) quCa, N18, aSenebulia 1880-90-ian wlebSi. 18, Shalva Dadiani (former Veliaminov) street, constructed in 1880-1890s. galaktion tabiZis (yofili hanis) quCa, N15, aSenebulia 1880-90-ian wlebSi. 15, Galaktion Tabidze (former Hahn) street, constructed in 1880-90s. galaktion tabiZis (yofili hanis) quCa, N18, aSenebulia 1911 wels, moxatulobis savaraudo avtorebi arian mxatvrebi beno telingateri da de marco.

18, Galaktion Tabidze (former Hahn) street, constructed in 1911. Presumably, painted by the artists Beno Telingater and de Marzzo. daniel WonqaZis (yofili gudoviCis) quCa, N12, aSenebulia 1914 wels, arqiteqtori mixeil ohanjanovi, Tanaavtori petre kolCini.

12, Daniel Chonkadze (former Gudovich) street, constructed in 1914, architect Michail Ohanjanov, in cooperation with Peter Kolchin.

X.

XI.

XII.

daniel WonqaZis (yofili gudoviCis) quCa, N4, aSenda 1904 wels, arqiteqtori mixeil ohanjanovi.

4, Daniel Chonkadze (former Gudovich) street, constructed in 1904. Architect Michail Ohanjanov. galaktion tabiZis (yofili hanis) quCa, N 24/21, aSenebulia 1896 wels.

24/21, Galaktion Tabidze (former Hahn) street, constructed in 1896. geronti qiqoZis (yofili paskeviCis) quCa, N6, aSenebulia 1906 wels, arqiteqtori aleqsandre ozerovi.

6, Geronti Kikodze (former Paskevich) street, constructed in 1906.Architect Alexander Ozerov.

XIII.

ivane maCablis (yofili sergis) quCa, N17/27, aSenebulia 1908 wels, arqiteqtori Razar sargsiani.

17/27, Ivane Machabeli (former Sergi) street, constructed in 1908. Architect Gazar Sargsian.

XIV.

geronti qiqoZis (yofili paskeviCis) quCa, N9, aSenebulia 1890-ian wlebSi. 9, Geronti Kikodze (former Paskevich) street, constructed in 1890s.

XV.

geronti qiqoZis (yofili paskeviCis) quCa, N10, aSenebulia 1880-90-ian wlebSi. 10, Geronti Kikodze (former Paskevich) street, constructed in 1880-90s.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

XIX.

pavle ingoroyvas (yofili petre didis) quCa, N 6, proeqti damtkicebulia 1887wels, arqiteqtori aleqsandre SimkeviCi. 6, Pavle Ingorokva (former Peter the Great) street.

The project was approved in 1887. Architect Alexander Shimkevich.

Zmebi zubalaSvilebis (yofili sasamarTlos) quCa, N 4, proeqti damtkicebulia 1901 wels, arqiteqtori ioseb mirzoevi.

4, Brothers Zubalashvili (former Court) street. The project was approved in 1901. Architect Ioseb Mirzoev. pavle ingoroyvas (yofili petre didis) quCa, N20, aSenebulia 1914 wels. arqiteqtori mixeil neprincevi.

20, Pavle Ingorokva (former Peter the Great) street, constructed in 1914. Architect Mikhail Neprintsev.

Tamar abakelias (yofili mcire sasamarTlos) quCa, N5, aSenebulia 1880-90-ian wlebSi. 5, Tamar Abakelia (former Minor Court) street, constructed in 1880-90s.

XX.

XXI.

XXII.

aleqsandre griboedovis quCa N14, aSenebulia 1890-ian wlebSi. 14, Alexsander Griboyedov street, constructed in 1890s. aleqsandre griboedovis quCa, N27, aSenebulia XIX-XX saukuneebis mijnaze.

27, Alexsander Griboyedov street, constructed on the turn of the 19th -20th cc.

SoTa rusTavelis (yofili golovinis) prospeqti, N 54, aSenebulia 1897wels, arqiteqtori korneli tatiSCevi.

54, Rustaveli (former Golovin) ave., constructed in 1897.

Architect Korneli Tatishchev.

XXIII.

Tamar WoveliZis (yofili belinskis) quCa, N7, aSenebulia XX saukunis dasawyisSi, arqiteqtori aleqsandre ozerovi.

7, Tamar Chovelidze , (former Belinsky) street, Constructed in the early XX c. Architect Alexandr Ozerov.

XXIV.

vasil barnovis (yofili Runibis) quCa, N16, proeqti damtkicebulia 1902 wels, arqiteqtori v. kandurovi.

16, Vasil Barnov (former Gunib) street. The project was approved in 1902. Architect V. Kandurov.

XXV.

konstantine mayaSvilis (yofili ter-gukasovis) quCa, N18, aSenebulia 1910-iani wlebis dasawyisSi. 18, Konstantine Makashvili (former Ter-Gukasov) street, constructed in the early 1910s.

XXVI.

XXVII.

XXVIII.

XXIX.

erekle tatiSvilis (yofili yazbegis) quCa, N14, aSenebulia XX saukunis dasawyisSi. 14, Erekle Tatishvili (former Kazbegi) street, constructed in early 20th century.

XXX.

XXXI.

dimitri uznaZis (yofili didi mTavris) quCa, N15/2, Tavdapirveli saxli savaraudoT aSenebulia 186070-ian wlebSi, rekonstruirebulia XIX-XX saukuneebis mijnaze.

15/2, Dimitri Uznadze (former Grand Duke) street, The Initial house possibly had been constructed in 1860-70s, altered on the turn of the 19th -20th centuries.

XXXII.

daviT aRmaSeneblis (yofili mixeilis) prospeqti, N93, aSenebulia 1904 wels, moxatulia 1907 wels mxatvrebis beno telingateris da de marcos mier.

93, David Agmashenebeli (former Michail) ave., constructed in 1904. Painted in 1907, artists Beno Telingater and De Marzzo.

XXXIII.

kote marjaniSvilis (yofili kirkis) quCa, N18, aSenebulia XIX-XX saukuneebis mijnaze, moxatulia 1911 wels, mxatvari r. kergeri.

18, Kote Marjanishvili (former Kirk’s) street, constructed on the turn of XIX-XX cc. Painted in 1911, artist R. Kärger,

XXXIV.

mixeil winamZRvriSvilis (yofili elisabedis) quCa, N39,proeqti damtkicebulia 1909 wels, arqiteqtori pavle zurabiani, moxatulia 1911 wels, mxatvari i. poznani.

39, Mikheil Tsinamdzgrishvili (former Elizabeth) street. The project was approved in 1909. Architect Pavle Zurabian, painted in 1911, artist J.Poznan.

XXXV.

daviT aRmaSeneblis (yofili mixeilis) prospeqti, N111, sacxovrebeli kompleqsi Sedgeba ori nagebobisgan, erTi maTgani aSenebulia 1890-ian wlebSi, meore ki 1900-iani wlebis dasawyisSi. 111, David Agmashenebeli (former Michail) ave., a residential compound comprised of two buildings – earlier one constructed in late 1890s the later one – in early 1900s.

merab kostavas (yofili olRas) quCa, N41, proeqti damtkicebulia 1900 wels.

41, Merab Kostava (former Olga) street. The project was approved in 1900. giorgi aTonelis (yofili madaTovis) quCa, N31, yofili sastumro „londoni”, proeqti damtkicebulia 1872 wels, arqiteqtori oto iakob simonsoni.

31, George Atoneli (former Madatov) street, initially hotel “London”. The project was approved in 1872. Architect Otto Jacob Simonson. dimitri uznaZis (yofili didi mTavris) quCa, N53, aSenebulia 1890-ian wlebSi. 53, Dimitri Uznadze (former Grand Duke) street, constructed in 1890s.

daviT aRmaSeneblis (yofili mixeilis) prospeqti, N36, aSenebulia 1900-ini wlebis dasawyisSi. 36, David Agmashenebeli (former Michail) ave., constructed in early 1900s.

XXXVI.

XXXVII.

ivane javaxiSvilis (yofili nikolozis) quCa, N31, aSenebulia 1880-90-ian wlebSi. 31, Ivane Javakhishvili (former Nikolas) street, constructed in 1889-90s. giorgi Citaias (yofili v. CerqeziSvilis) quCa, N17/1, aSenebulia XIX-XX saukuneebis mijnaze.

17/1,Giorgi Chitaia (former Cherkesishvili) street, constructed on the turn of XIX-XX cc.

wignis avtorebi cisia kilaZe AUTHORS marina meZmariaSvili Tamaz gersamia Tsisia Kiladze Marina Medzmariashvili Tamaz Gersamia fotoebi mirian kilaZe cisia kilaZe ivane yenia Mirian Kiladze Tsisia Kiladze Ivane Kenia

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giorgi CubinaSvilis saxelobis qarTuli xelovnebis istoriisa da ZeglTa dacvis erovnuli kvlevis centri George Chubinashvili National Research Centre for Georgian Art History and Heritage Preservation saqarTvelos kulturuli memkvidreobis dacvis 2009 wlis programa Programme for Georgia’s Cultural Heritage Preservation for the Year 2009 © saqarTvelos kulturuli memkvidreobis dacvis erovnuli saagento, 2009 w.

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Tsisia Kiladze, Marina Medzmariashvili, Tamaz Gersamia, 2009

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