georgia9 tbilisi a walking tour4
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A new concert hall/exhibition center is nearing completion in Rike Park on the left bank of the Mtkvari River in Tbilisi
Its designer is Massimiliano Fuksas, whose other works include the nearby Tbilisi Public Service Hall
Modern Georgia is constructed from glass. Saakashvili – Georgia's architect-in-chief – has his own vision of how Tbilisi should look. His idiom is glass and steel; modernist buildings sprout everywhere. The president lives in a neoclassical palace with a transparent egg-shaped dome; just below it is a new pipe-shaped concert hall
Wave-like glass theme is seen in the constructed building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.
The Ministry’s headquarters is near the Kakheti highway, between Tbilisi International Airport and the city center.
“In this small Caucasian nation I realized I was not designing
hotels or buildings, but
something which Georgians could
be proud of. Icons able to project
them towards the future and
distance them from the Soviet
grayness”
Michele De Lucchi
Designed by the Italian architect Michele De Lucchi (who also designed Tbilisi’s Bridge of Peace), this wavy ribbon of glass appears to float above a flat expanse of grass and water
A 1000sqm pool with a depth of 30
cm was constructed in
front of the building to reflect the glass facade.
The effect is spectacular, especially at
night.
If the glass ribbon shape appears familiar it’s probably because Michele De Lucchi also designed the Bridge of Peace that spans the Mtkvari River in Tbilisi
The Wedding Palace was built
in 1984 (designed by Victor
Djorbenadzeas) as a church and
venue for weddings
From humble origins, Badri
Patarkatsishvili became the
wealthiest citizen in Georgia with an
estimated wealth of $12bn
bronze copy of Hellenistic
Hermaphrodite from the second-century AD found
in an archeological dig in the Georgian
Kolchis
Patarkatsishvili died intestate in February 2008 sparking one of
the largest estate battles in legal history
The Wedding Palace was built in 1984
(designed by Victor Djorbenadzeas)
The mythological fresco on the wall to the left of the
stairs to the altar..
….and the Rape of Europe on their
right
Heroes Memorial in Heroes Square,
one of the main intersections,
honors all those who died
protecting the territorial integrity
of Georgia
The names of the Georgian military pupils that died in fighting against the Red Army in 1921, the leaders of an anti-Soviet revolt of 1924 and those that died during military actions in Abkhazia in 1992-1993 and in the ‘five-day war’ in South Ossetia in August 2008 are etched on the marble – altogether some 4000 names
Benches Millennium made with polished concrete, in Rike Park, made also by artist Jaume Espí (Spain)
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Presentation: Sanda Foişoreanuwww.slideshare.net/michaelasandahttp://www.authorstream.com/michaelasanda/
Sound: Ananuri - Georgian folklore ensemble - Orovela