Tawisuplebis Moedani
Tawisuplebis Moedani ( Georgian თავისუფლების მოედანი - "Freedom Square") is a square in the center of the Georgian capital Tbilisi . Tbilisi City Hall is on the square. At the same time it forms the end of the central promenade of Rustawelis Gamsiri .
The square was laid out in the first half of the 19th century under Russian rule and was initially named Yermolow-Eriwanski Platz after the Russian general and governor of Transcaucasia , Alexei Yermolow . It formed the center of the new administrative district north of the old town .
In 1820 the Tbilisi police headquarters was built on the square. From 1882 to 1886 it was converted into a town hall according to plans by the architects AG Oserow and PF Stern. Between 1847 and 1851 the first Tiblissier opera house was built according to plans by the Italian architect Giovanni Scudieri on behalf of Viceroy Prince Mikhail Vorontsov . It burned down in 1874 and was rebuilt elsewhere.
In Soviet times it was first called the Square of the Transcaucasian Soviet Republic , then Leninis Moedani (German: Lenin Square ). For a short time during the Stalin era it was called Beriaplatz . In the middle was a monument to Lenin. The statue was removed in 1990 and later replaced with a fountain. In 1991 the square was given its current name. In November 2006, a freedom monument was erected instead of the fountain . It shows Georgia's patron saint , Saint George .
The square has repeatedly been the scene of political changes in Georgia. On March 8 and 9, 1956, radical students called for Georgia's independence at a rally. Soviet tanks stopped the movement in the Tbilisi massacre . The Tbilisi War was fought there in 1991 and 1992 , a coup by the warlords Dschaba Iosseliani and Tengis Kitowani against the elected President Swiad Gamsachurdia . The projectile impacts from tanks, artillery and rockets can still be seen on the parliament building today.
In 2003, during the Rose Revolution, tens of thousands of people marched across the square to demonstrate against the government of Eduard Shevardnadze and finally forced them to resign. In May 2005, US President George W. Bush gave a speech there on the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II. The square is occasionally a place for political events and demonstrations.
The square has had a Tbilisi metro station named after him since 1967 .
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Tawisuplebis Moedani Metro Station
Saint George fights with the dragon
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Coordinates: 41 ° 41 ′ 36.1 ″ N , 44 ° 48 ′ 5.7 ″ E