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Freedom Square, formerly known as Lenin Square under the Soviet Union, is located in the center of Tbilisi at the eastern end of Rustaveli Avenue

City Hall

City Hall exterior architecture reflects the Exotic style with Neo-Moorish design

City HallDuring a speech Bush gave at Tbilisi’s Freedom Square in Georgia on May 10, 2005, an assailant threw a live grenade at the president. Luckily, the grenade did not explode

During the Soviet period, the square featured a large statue of Vladimir Lenin, which was symbolically torn down in August 1991. On November 23, 2006, the Liberty Monument depicting St George slaying the dragon, created by Zurab Tsereteli was unveiled in the same place

The Freedom Monument,

commonly known as the St. George

Statue, is a memorial located

in Freedom Square is

dedicated to the freedom and

independence of the Georgian

nation

Unveiled in 2006 in Tbilisi's central square,

the monument of granite and gold is 35

metres high and is easily spotted from any

point of the city

The actual statue — 5.6 metres tall, made of bronze and covered with gold — is a gift to the city from its creator, Georgian sculptor Zurab Tsereteli.

The Courtyard Marriott Tbilisi

Old Parliament building at Rustaveli boulevard in Tbilisi 

Rustaveli Avenue in central Tbilisi is named after the medieval Georgian poet, Shota Rustaveli. The Avenue starts at Freedom Square and extends for about 1.5 km

Rustaveli Theatre (1901)

Rococo ceiling of Rustaveli Drama Theater (1901)

Rustaveli Drama Theater (1901)

Tbilisi Rose Revolution Squarethe Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel

Tbilisi Casino Adjara and Holiday inn

Tbilisi Paliashvili Opera House

The Georgian National Opera and Ballet Theater of TbilisiFounded in 1851, Tbilisi Opera is the main opera house of Georgia and one of the oldest such establishments in eastern Europe

The Georgian National Opera and Ballet Theater of TbilisiSince 1896, the theater has resided in an exotic neo-Moorish edifice originally constructed by Victor Johann Gottlieb Schröter, a prominent architect of Baltic German origin

The Georgian National Opera

and Ballet Theater of Tbilisi

Samsung films commercial at Tbilisi Opera House

Although definitively Oriental in its decorations and style, the building's layout, foyers and the main hall are that of a typical European opera house

Georgian State Museum of Theatre, Music, Cinema and Choreography

New Yazidi temple in TbilisiThe Yazidis are an ethno-religious group indigenous to northern Mesopotamia who are strictly endogamous. Their religion, Yazidism is linked to ancient Mesopotamian religions and combines aspects of Zoroastrianism, Islam, Christianity and Judaism

Text: InternetPictures: Internet Sanda FoişoreanuCopyright: All the images belong to their authors.

Presentation: Sanda Foişoreanuhttps://plus.google.com/+SandaMichaela

Sound: Ananuri - Georgian folklore ensemble - Kovel sneulebaze; Satrfialo; Suliko