Digomi Road ( ka, დიღმის გზა, tr ) was one of the most important historical roads leading to
Tbilisi
Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი, ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), ( ka, ტფილისი, tr ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia ( ...
, which connected the city with different parts of
Georgia
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and the
North Caucasus
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.
The road from Tiflis to
Digomi had two gates. One of them started at
Digomi Gate (now at the intersection of Pushkin and Silver streets) and the other at
Kojori Gate (now at the junction of
Leselidze Street and
Freedom Square).
The road near the Digomi gate followed the beginning line of the current Tabukashvili Street, guarded the arena from above (today's G. Leonidze Garden), G. Chanturia Street turned towards Rustaveli Avenue and here, near the current
Tbilisi Marriott Hotel, it joined the road from Kojori Gate to
Rustaveli Avenue
Rustaveli Avenue ( ka, რუსთაველის გამზირი, Rust'avelis Gamziri), formerly known as Golovin Street, is the central avenue in Tbilisi named after the medieval Georgian poet, Shota Rustaveli.
The avenue starts at ...
. Then the road followed the line of today's Rustaveli Avenue and Kostava Street, crossed several ravines, crossed the bridge over the
river Vere, again on Kostava Street and then along
Saakadze Square, steeply towards the
Kura River and up the right bank of the river. Later this road became part of the
Georgian Military Road
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.
References
* {{cite book , last=Kvirkvelia , first1=Tengiz , chapter= დიღმის გზა , trans-chapter=Digomi Road , chapter-url=http://www.nplg.gov.ge/gwdict/index.php?a=term&d=36&t=185 , url=http://www.nplg.gov.ge/gwdict/index.php?a=index&d=36 , title= ძველთბილისური დასახელებანი , trans-title=Old Tbilisi names, language=ka, location=Tbilisi , publisher=Soviet Georgia , year=1985 , accessdate=2024-02-15
Roads in Georgia (country)
History of Tbilisi
Streets in Tbilisi