Liberty Square ( ka, თავისუფლების მოედანი ) is a station of the
Tbilisi Metro
The Tbilisi Metro ( ka, თბილისის მეტროპოლიტენი) is a rapid transit system in the Georgian capital Tbilisi. Opened on 11 January 1966, it was the fourth metro system in the former Soviet Union. Like other ...
on the
Akhmeteli–Varketili Line
The Akhmeteli–Varketili Line ( ka, ახმეტელი-ვარკეთილის ხაზი) (formerly known as Didube–Samgori and Gldani–Varketili) is a line of the Tbilisi Metro
The Tbilisi Metro ( ka, თბილისი ...
. Situated between
Rustaveli and
Avlabari
Avlabari ( ka, ავლაბარი ''Avlabari'', hy, Հավլաբար ''Havlabar'') is a neighborhood of Old Tbilisi on the left bank (east side) of the Kura River. The 11th-13th century chronicles mention it as Isani, which is now one of ...
, Tavisuplebis Moedani is one of the deepest stations of the
metro
Metro, short for metropolitan, may refer to:
Geography
* Metro (city), a city in Indonesia
* A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center
Public transport
* Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urba ...
.
The metro station is surrounded by the Galleria Tbilisi ( ka, გალერია თბილისი) shopping centre which is a multi-level shopping mall featuring a play area, a movie theatre & a food court.
It is located close to
Freedom Square at the southern end of
Rustaveli Avenue
Rustaveli Avenue ( ka, რუსთაველის გამზირი, ''Rust'avelis Gamziri''), formerly known as ''Golovin Street'', is the central avenue in Tbilisi named after the medieval Georgian poet, Shota Rustaveli.
The avenue st ...
. The station was opened on 6 November 1967 to extend the original
Rustaveli–
Didube line. Before 1991, it was named Lenin Square (ლენინის მოედანი). The station was renovated in 2006.
See also
*
List of Tbilisi metro stations
The following is a list of the 23 stations of the Tbilisi Metro, in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Akhmeteli-Varketili Line (First Line)
* Varketili ( ka, ვარკეთილი), literally meaning "I'm kind", is a city suburb to which the station serv ...
References
External links
Freedom Square station page at Tbilisi Municipal Portal
Tbilisi Metro stations
Railway stations opened in 1967
1967 establishments in Georgia (country)
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