Kartlis Deda

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Kartlis Deda seen from the city

Kartlis Deda ( Georgian ქართლის დედა ; German mother of Georgia ) is a monumental statue in the Georgian capital Tbilisi . It stands on the Sololaki mountain ridge in the west of the city and can be seen from afar.

The statue symbolizes the city of Tbilisi, popularly known as the Mother of Georgia . She looks at the city with a slightly bowed head, holds a bowl of wine for friends in her left hand and a sword against her enemies in her right. At night the statue is illuminated by spotlights.

Kartlis Deda was built in 1958 for the 1500th anniversary of the city.

Kartlis Deda stands on a stone base and is made of wood on the inside and aluminum on the outside . It comes from the Georgian sculptor Elgudscha Amaschukeli , who also created monuments to Wachtang I Gorgassali and Niko Pirosmani in Tbilisi and David the builder in Kutaisi . Shortly after Georgia declared independence in 1991, Elgudscha Amashukeli made a change. The mother of Georgia has now proudly raised her previously humbly bowed head, and it has been wreathed with laurel.

A panoramic path leads from the statue to the Narikala fortress .

Kartlis Deda is also a Georgian women's organization founded in 1997. It is based in Gori and unites women from the intelligentsia who advocate more participation for women in the Inner Kartli region (Schida Kartli) and who are dedicated to disabled and socially disadvantaged women and children.

Web links

Commons : Kartlis Deda  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Zizischwili, Irakli: Tbilisi - Architectural Monuments and Art Museums . Aurora, Leningrad 1985, p. 85-87 .
  2. ^ Zaal Andronikashvili: Monument Culture in Georgia ( Memento from August 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). GWZ Berlin, The Research Year 2008 (PDF file; 1.8 MB).
  3. ↑ Originally there were medieval fortifications of the Shahis-tahi bastion at this point , which was razed and converted into a Komsomolzen-Allee promenade in 1935 . Next to the monument, the Grishashvil Museum of Tbilisi History and Ethnography was built, where archaeological finds and many documents from the city's history are exhibited.

Coordinates: 41 ° 41 ′ 17 ″  N , 44 ° 48 ′ 17 ″  E