Photo Credit: Saskia Heijltjes
Queen Daredjan's Palace Complex
AFG’s work to preserve an important architectural, cultural and historic landmark was successfully completed in 2019. Queen Daredjan’s Palace Complex holds a significant place in Georgian history because it is the last remaining Royal palace in Tbilisi and it was the home of the last true king and queen of Georgia. It is the main architectural jewel of Tbilisi and its prominence in the landscape with its round carved wooden balcony earned it the nickname Sachimo, meaning eminent.
In 2014, structural issues related to groundwater under the site posed a continuing threat to the foundations and walls of the structures including cracks in the walls of the Complex’s church threatening its frescoes.
ABOUT
This all started in 2014 when a meeting between AFG and Peg Breen, President of the New York Landmarks Conservancy led to the support of two leading US engineers traveling to Tbilisi to do a geotechnical and structural engineering survey of the complex resulting in a grant by the Ford Foundation to restore the church frescoes in Queen Daredjan’s Palace Complex’s church.
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In 2018, AFG started intensive work meetings with the National Agency of Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia, to do reinforcement and reconstruction work on the entire site under the Tbilisi Development Fund to preserve Queen Daredjan’s Palace Complex for the Georgian people.
STATS
Constructed in
1776
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Renovation completed in
2019
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Photo Credit: Marcin Konsek
