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Building in Tbilisi, Georgia
Orbeliani Palace
ორბელიანის სასახლე
Orbeliani Palace in 2019
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General information
StatusActive
Location25 Atoneli Street, Tbilisi, Georgia
Coordinates41°41′58″N 44°48′09″E / 41.699333°N 44.802611°E / 41.699333; 44.802611
Current tenantsMikheil Kavelashvili (disputed), President of Georgia
Website
president.gov.ge
Cultural Heritage Monument of Georgia
Official nameGovernment Residence /Residential house
DesignatedOctober 1, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-10-01)
Reference no.3730
Item Number in Cultural Heritage Portal3555
Date of entry
in the registry		October 11, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-10-11)
Accounting Card / Passport #010306215

The Orbeliani Palace (Georgian: ორბელიანის სასახლე, romanized: orbelianis sasakhle) or the Atoneli Residence (Georgian: ათონელის რეზიდენცია, romanized: atonelis rezidentsia) is the official residence of the president of Georgia since November 2018. It is located on Atoneli Street in Central Tbilisi. It was once home to Elizabeth Orbeliani, a Georgian poet and the country's first female academic.

History

Elizabeth Orbeliani

The Orbeliani Palace dates back to the end of the 19th century. Its residents included Grigol Orbeliani, a Georgian Romanticist poet, and Elizabeth Orbeliani, a poet and Georgia's first woman professor. To this day, a room in the palace dedicated to Elizabeth Orbeliani is used to receive foreign dignitaries.

The building also served as the U.S. Embassy in Georgia in the 1990s and early 2000s. In 2013, about 25 million Georgian lari was spent renovating the palace.

The palace is sometimes called the "Atoneli Residence" because it is located on Atoneli Street, named after the medieval Georgian monk George of Athos.

Presidential residence

Georgian politician and former French diplomat Salome Zourabichvili announced during her 2018 presidential campaign that she would not work from the Avlabari Presidential Palace if elected. That palace, which opened in July 2009, was built during the presidency of Mikheil Saakashvili, with whom Zourabichvili had a fallout. Zourabichvili stated that she preferred Orbeliani Palace because it was more understated and that members of the House of Orbeliani and Baratashvili, who once resided there, were her ancestors.

After her election, she met with the outgoing President, Giorgi Margvelashvili, in the Avlabari Palace before moving into the Orbeliani Palace on 18 December 2018.

Names of reception rooms

  • Amra Hall
  • Galaktion Hall
  • Golden Fleece Hall
  • Prometheus Hall
  • Rustaveli Hall
  • Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani Presidential Cabinet

Gallery

  • Orbeliani Palace decorated for Christmas Orbeliani Palace decorated for Christmas
  • President Salome Zourabichvili meeting with foreign ambassadors inside Orbeliani Palace President Salome Zourabichvili meeting with foreign ambassadors inside Orbeliani Palace
  • President Salome Zourabichvili meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo President Salome Zourabichvili meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
  • President Salome Zourabichvili addressing the Deaf Association President Salome Zourabichvili addressing the Deaf Association

References

  1. "Where Will Georgia's New President Live?". Georgiatoday.ge. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  2. "Salome Zurabishvili to relocate Presidential Residence from Avlabari to Orbeliani Palace". Agenda.ge. 29 November 2018. Wikidata Q131584019. Archived from the original on 29 December 2024.
  3. "ამ სასახლეს რომ სტუმრები ჰყოლია!.. - ორბელიანების ისტორიული სასახლე, საქართველოს პრეზიდენტის ახალი სამყოფელი". nostal.ge. 2018-12-12. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  4. "Ორბელიანის სასახლე პრეზიდენტს და ქალს ბევრად უხდება - სალომე ზურაბიშვილი".
  5. Local Journalists in Elizabeth Orbeliani Cabinet.jpg, 23 December 2021,
  6. ორბელიანების სასახლე, Administration of the President of Georgia, Retrieved 24 December 2023. Quote: "ელისაბედ ორბელიანი, ორბელიანების სასახლის დიასახლისი, გახლდათ თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტის დამაარსებელთაგანი, პირველი ლექტორი ქალი, ქალთა უფლებების გაუმჯობესებისათვის მებრძოლი, პოეტი, ქველმოქმედი და მეცენატი. პროტოკოლის მიხედვით, მცირე კაბინეტი განკუთვნილია უცხოური დელეგაციების საქმეთწარმოებისათვის".
  7. "National Museum of Georgian Culture may be placed in the Avlabari presidential palace". Agenda.ge. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
  8. ენციკლოპედია „თბილისი. ქუჩები, გამზირები, მოედნები“, თბ., 2008. — გვ. 16, ISBN 978-99928-20-35-3.
  9. "Salome Zurabishvili to relocate Presidential Residence from Avlabari to Orbeliani Palace". Agenda.ge. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
  10. "ორბელიანის სასახლე ბევრად უფრო ევროპული ყაიდის არის - სალომე ზურაბიშვილი". ghn.ge. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  11. "Salome Zurabishvili arrives at Atoneli Presidential Palace". 1tv.ge. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.

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