Chronicle of Georgia AKA Georgian stonehenge // Tbilissi // 1985 // Sculptor Zurab Konstantines dze Tsereteli

Started in 1985 under soviet regime, and still partially incomplete, the massive monument overlooks the caucasian city of Tbilisi . Composed of 30 meter tall columns, the georgian “stonehenge” features the stories of ancient queens, heroes and kings of the kingdom of sakartvelo while the bottom panels depict episodes from the life of the Christ.

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