ალთა საგანმანათლებლო დაწესებულებები და მათი არქიტექტურა თბილისში (XIX საუკუნის მეორე ნახევარი და XX საუკუნის დასაწყისი)
WOMEN’S EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION AND THEIR ARCHITECTURE IN TBILISI (SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY AND THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY)

Summary/Abstract: Tbilisi of the second half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century was distinguished by both, cultural and active educational life. When talking about the educational center, only theoretical material is presented in most of the cases in the scientific research resources as a basis, and it is close to impossible to verify the documents that will strengthen the back of these studies, such as visual and written official papers about the location of specific institutions and their functions. The locations of such institutions in specific buildings is sometimes random, but in most of the cases, the appearance of the buildings and their contents are in amazing harmony with each other, and this makes the standalone piece of architecture and the street on which it is located even more fascinating altogether with its own discinctive appearance and rich history. The present aricle is just a small attempt to study the architecture of some of the buildings of women’s educational institutions in Tbilisi built in the given period. These buildings are distinguished by their artistic value and significant monuments of the period. The main goal is to show what aspect of social of social and cultural life of the capital these buildings occupied and what arstistic and aesthetic atmosphere they created for the city; depicting the artistic styles prevailing in the architecture of the capital during the period. In the given period, the great importance is devoted to the women’s education. From the middle of the 19th century, not only private or treasury boarding schools and gymnasiums were open for women, but also schools of various profiles, such as: Transcaucasian Institute of Noble Women, parishschools, medical, educational, musical, professional workshops, and higher education courses thet were equal to the higher education.

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