Tiflis gate Photo: Tiflis gate

Tiflis gate (triumphal arch) in Stavropol is one of the most famous monuments of the city, located at the beginning of the Stavropol Boulevard. According to the archives, the construction of the arch began in 1841 It became a Builder known contractor entrepreneur G. Tamamshev that the work done was one of the first in the city who was awarded the title of honorary citizen.

The construction of the gate coincided with preparatory process to the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the battle of Borodino. Therefore, the main decoration of the celebration was exactly the triumphal arch.

It is known that the Tiflis gates acted the Eastern city gate. But despite this, the arch in the first place was a monument to the glory of the Russian arms.

The first work on the reconstruction of the arch were held in 1854 Based on surviving photographs, the arch was finished in a light plaster, and the Central portal is decorated with two-sided icon of Christ the Savior. On the eve of the 150-year anniversary of the Stavropol arch declared a historical monument to be protected. But in the second half of the 30s of the twentieth century the arch was destroyed. The 210th anniversary of the city design Institute "Stavropolgrazhdanproekt" completed the project on the improvement of the square named after Ordzhonikidze. The author of this project were made by the architect P. I. oleksyuk.

In 1998 to 221-year anniversary of the founding of the city thanks to the donations of local residents and enterprises of the regional center of Tiflis, the gate was restored to its former place. The reinstatement was used old drawings. New gates were built of white stone travertine.

Today Tiflis gate (triumphal arch) is one of the most memorable and vivid characters of Stavropol, which can not remain unnoticed.

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