Apartment blocks, Telavi

See this everywhere in the Eastern European countries. The Soviet Union was a big monster and it behaved like one. So a successful building design would be copied, cookie-cutter style right across the union. This is a typical result: apartment blocks even in places out in the country where there was space to build out, not up.

Georgia

April 4th 2009
Outside the Parliament building in central Tbilisi they're flying the blue EU flag next to the Georgian national one. But if I get a map and draw a line directly south from here, it passes through Iran which is definitely in Asia. Also Georgia is further East than "Middle East" countries like Lebanon, Israel and Jordan... so where am I? It's this location at the cross-roads of 3 distinc ... read more

Asia » Georgia » Tbilisi District » Tbilisi

The region of present-day Georgia contained the ancient kingdoms of Colchis and Kartli-Iberia. The area came under Roman influence in the first centuries AD and Christianity became the state religion in the 330s. Domination by Persians, Arabs, and Tu... ... read more

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