{"id":12988,"date":"2026-03-04T23:03:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T22:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilupin.com\/en\/?page_id=12988"},"modified":"2026-03-31T20:28:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T18:28:59","slug":"2025-04-04-tbilisi-facades-and-balconies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ilupin.com\/en\/travels\/asia\/georgia\/2025-04-04-tbilisi-facades-and-balconies\/","title":{"rendered":"Tbilisi: facades &\u00a0balconies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  1. Fine forging on Aboviani Street.\n<\/li>\n\n
  2. The famous Gudiashvili Square.\n<\/li>\n\n
  3. Artist\u2019s corner.\n<\/li>\n\n
  4. Breathtaking staircases and mezzanines on Akhospireli Street. You can rent it, by the way.\n<\/li>\n\n
  5. Migrant workers.\n<\/li>\n\n
  6. Another work by Ceramic Room studio.\n<\/li>\n\n
  7. On guard, sir!\n<\/li>\n\n
  8. Italian surrealist Vesod<\/a> tells the dramatic story of Medea and Jason.\n<\/li>\n\n
  9. The experimental Liberty Theatre and the hotel of the same name. The former is praised, the latter not so much.\n<\/li>\n\n
  10. The neo-futuristic, contextual Paragraph hotel across the street is more popular.\n<\/li>\n\n
  11. Drinking fountains in the spirit of Soviet urbanism with traditional motifs near street booksellers.\n<\/li>\n\n
  12. Three eras without gaps: imperial neo-Gothic (ballet school), late socialist realism (bas-relief) and post-Soviet contemporary (bank).\n<\/li>\n\n
  13. Flower market on Orbeliani Square.\n<\/li>\n\n
  14. Old and new Tbilisi on adjacent balconies. Because they can.\n<\/li>\n\n
  15. Trinity Cathedral from a respectful distance.\n<\/li>\n\n
  16. Lilacs on Sundukiani Street. The trash bag is part of the composition, nothing to complain about.\n<\/li>\n\n
  17. Chavchanidze\u2019s house<\/a> in the spirit of Tiflis Art Nouveau. There\u2019s also an interior mural with Mih\u00e1ly Zichy\u2019s illustrations for \u201cThe Knight\u201d.\n<\/li>\n\n
  18. Shabby Tiflis eclecticism with Art Nouveau elements and an ironic \u201cTomorrow\u201d (which will never come<\/a>) on the wall.\n<\/li>\n\n
  19. A riot of private construction in the courtyard of the Emergency Service. The state with the people, so to speak.\n<\/li>\n\n
  20. Tbilisi\u2019s 19th<\/sup>-century gallery buildings have their charm, but quickly deteriorate and often fall into disrepair (it\u2019s easier to demolish than to restore).\n<\/li>\n\n
  21. Gosha\u2019s restoration.\n<\/li>\n\n
  22. Monumental late-Soviet decorative plastic art on the facade of a former department store (now a shopping mall) on Agmashenebeli Avenue.\n<\/li>\n\n
  23. The 2008 war heroes\u2019 monument is criticised for its hellish location in the middle of a traffic circle. I took the pic from a bus, there\u2019s no other way.\n<\/li>\n\n
  24. Kara-Murza<\/a> was sentenced to 25 years in Russia for his anti-war stance, spent more than two years behind bars, released as part of a prisoner swap.\n<\/li>\n\n
  25. The retro-futuristic Afisha hotel is designed to reflect the future as it was envisioned in the past.\n<\/li>\n\n
  26. The Church of Mikhail of Tver<\/a> is located directly beneath the cable car, which I recently wanted to take.\n<\/li>\n\n
  27. The Mtatsminda-Rustaveli cable car station, in the spirit of freaked out<\/s> pseudo-historical eclecticism with oriental motifs.\n<\/li>\n\n
  28. The sun is rapidly setting behind the horizon, blurring the colours, but you already know everything here.\n<\/li>\n\n
  29. The lower station is discreetly hidden behind the Academy of Sciences. From the facade on Rustaveli Avenue, nothing is visible at all.\n<\/li>\n\n
  30. Good night, Tbilisi.\n<\/li>\n\n<\/ol><\/div>\n\n\n\n