The Peace Bridge Photo: The Bridge Of Peace

The Peace bridge is one of the modern architectural landmarks of Tbilisi. The bridge was erected in may 2010, but despite his young age, he managed to gain huge popularity.

The Peace bridge is very unusual. From afar, it is a clear, steel-glass structure, which resembles a huge fishing net, exchanging over the river Kura. The total length of the bridge is 156 m and width 5 m. It connects the old part of Tbilisi with new areas - it looks like two different epochs are connected.

A bridge with a canopy of glass designs, executed in a style very similar to high-tech, designed by Italian architect Michele de Lucchi and French designer-illuminator Philip Martin. In the construction of the Peace bridge was built an interesting system illuminations in the evening and at night every hour 30 thousand light bulbs in Morse code to show a message that can be seen on two parapets of the bridge. The message is composed of the names of chemical elements from the periodic table that make up the human body.

The construction of the bridge of Peace in Tbilisi caused an immense excitement among the residents of the city. One half of the population of Tbilisi was against the construction of this unusual modern buildings near the buildings of ancient architecture. And the other half of urban residents were not against changing the architectural appearance, considering that the bridge will become a new symbol of their city.

To date, the Peace bridge is one of the greatest buildings in the capital of Georgia in recent years. This is an unusual architectural structure symbolizes the path from past to future, reports the determination of Georgia to go to the changes that will help it become one of the leading European countries.

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