Freedom Square, Tbilisi

Freedom Square – Liberty Square
Native name
თავისუფლების მოედანი (Georgian)
LocationTbilisi, Georgia
Coordinates41°41′36″N 44°48′06″E / 41.69333°N 44.80167°E / 41.69333; 44.80167
BuiltEarly 19th century
Architectural style(s)Neoclassical and Modern with some Pseudo-moorish elements.
Freedom Square, Tbilisi is located in Tbilisi
Freedom Square, Tbilisi
Location of Freedom Square – Liberty Square in Tbilisi

Freedom Square or Liberty Square is located in the center of Tbilisi, Georgia, at the eastern end of Rustaveli Avenue (in Georgian, it is თავისუფლების მოედანი Tavisuplebis moedani, pronounced [tʰavisupʰlebis moedani]).

Under Imperial Russia it was known as Erivansky[1] or Paskevich-Erivansky[2] Square (Georgian: ერევანსკის მოედანი, Erevansk'is moedani, Russian: Эриванская площадь, Erivanskaya ploshchad.)[3] While part of the Soviet Union, it was Beria Square (Georgian: ბერიას მოედანი, Berias moedani) and Lenin Square (Georgian: ლენინის მოედანი, Leninis moedani).

  1. ^ Frederiksen, Martin Demant. A Gate, but Leading Where?’ In Search of Actually Existing Cosmopolitanism in Post-Soviet Tbilisi. Post-cosmopolitan Cities: Explorations of Urban Coexistence, Berghahn Books, August 1, 2012. p. 125
  2. ^ Rydel, Christine. The Ardis anthology of Russian romanticism. Ardish Publishers, 1984. p. 335
  3. ^ Kavkaz Newspaper, #186, August 18 (31), 1910