Kartlis Deda

Kartlis Deda(Georgian: ქართლის დედა; Mother of a Kartli or Mother of a Georgian), is a monument in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi.

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The statue was erected on the top of Sololaki hill in 1958, the year Tbilisi celebrated its 1500th anniversary. Prominent Georgian sculptor Elguja Amashukeli designed the twenty-metre aluminium figure of a woman in Georgian national dress. She symbolizes the Georgian national character: in her left hand she holds a bowl of wine to greet those who come as friends, and in her right hand is a sword for those who come as enemies.