David Aghmashenebeli Avenue ( ka, დავით აღმაშენებლის გამზირი) is one of the main avenues in the historical part of
Tbilisi
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, known for its 19th-century classical architecture. The avenue is located on the left bank of the
Kura River and runs from
Saarbrücken
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Square to Giorgi Tsabadze street.
Currently named after
David IV of Georgia, it was originally called Mikheil Street in 1851, and Plekhanov Street after the Russian revolutionary
Georgi Plekhanov
Georgi Valentinovich Plekhanov (; rus, Гео́ргий Валенти́нович Плеха́нов, p=ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪj vəlʲɪnˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ plʲɪˈxanəf, a=Ru-Georgi Plekhanov-JermyRei.ogg; – 30 May 1918) was a Russian revoluti ...
from 1918 to 1988. Since 2010, the avenue has seen major rehabilitation works, which includes the renovation of seventy buildings, as well as the road, sidewalks and street lighting.
Agmashenebeli is easily accessible by metro at
Marjanishvili Station, which is a single stop away from the city's second historical artery,
Rustaveli Avenue.
Gallery
File:Historic buildings in old Tbilisi, Georgia.JPG
File:Police Station on Aghmashenebeli avenue 01.jpg
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File:Tbilisi old facades.JPG
File:Building on Aghmashenebeli avenue 129.jpg
File:Historic facades of old Tbilisi, Georgia.JPG
File:David Agmashenebeli Ave.jpg
References
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Streets in Tbilisi