Things to see and do Tbilissi

With its coloured roof and bulbs, it is not mistaken, it is a Russian church! This beautiful building, where the office is said in Georgian and Russian, is a good point to orient itself in the neighbourhood. 

Artisanat on textiles in the «trendy» street of Tbilisi.

Before her, the statues of the writers Ilia Tchavtchavadzé and Akaki Tsérétéli. This 1802 building was founded by the Russians to create a Georgian elite. The integration of children from Georgian aristocracy into the Empire was targeted by preparation for military service.

Lessélidzé has several caravanserais, one of whom can hardly guess that they were. They were historically concentrated around the Sioni Cathedral. The principal is located on the right at the intersection of Lessélidzé and Sioni streets, opposite Irakli II Street. Téklés Karvasla, the caravanserai of Téklé, the former royal caravanserai, was destroyed by the Persians in 1795; It was rebuilt in a "euro-Moorish" style, orientalist and neoclassical. Left to the Soviet era and hard hit by the earthquake of 2002, it is now rehabilitated and is becoming a hotel.

There are other xixe, neoclassical and pseudo Persian caravanserais, higher on Lessélidzé, in numbers 27, 29 and 36. At 26, another synagogue in function. From here, Lessélidzé rises on Liberty square.

One of the art galleries of Chardin Street, which offers interesting collections.

These shaded and quiet streets, as well as their perpendiculars, are full of charm. In retreat from the large, noisy and congested arteries of vehicles, you will discover some very picturesque places (inner courtyards, facades, etc.).

One of the saddest cases of extinction of heritage is the huge collapsed Armenian church, between Chekhov and Isani streets (on the right of Métékhi street when you go from Métékhi to Avlabari), which is sunk. Sourp Baghdjian was built between 1806 and 1808 by Armenian refugees from Echmiatsin (the Armenian Vatican). Its neoclassical structure incorporates the canons of the Georgian and Armenian architectures of the Late Middle Ages. In front of the church, a memorial dedicated to Armenians killed by the Soviet Army at the demonstration of 9 April 1989.

It was built in 1870-77 in baroque style. It is the largest Catholic church in Georgia. Masses are given daily, sometimes in English, and some specifically for the assyro-chaldean-chaldean community.