The Freedom Monument ( ka, თავისუფლების მონუმენტი; ''tavisuplebis monument'i''), commonly known as the ''St. George Statue'', is a memorial located in

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 ( ...

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, dedicated to the freedom and independence of the Georgian nation. Unveiled in 2006 in Tbilisi's central square, the monument of

granite Granite ( ) is a coarse-grained (phanerite, phaneritic) intrusive rock, intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly coo ...

and

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is high"Designstudio - Zurab Tsereteli", Project: "Freedom Square, Stele - Saint George", 2005. and is easily spotted from any point of the city. The actual statue — tall, made of

bronze Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals (such as phosphorus) or metalloid ...

and covered with gold — is a gift to the city from its creator, Georgian

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

Zurab Tsereteli Zurab Konstantinovich Tsereteli ( ka, ზურაბ კონსტანტინეს ძე წერეთელი, tr'';'' 4 January 1934 – 22 April 2025) was a Georgian painter, sculptor and architect known for large-scale and at ti ...

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* . Tbilisi Municipal Portal. 2011. Monuments and memorials in Tbilisi Equestrian statues 2006 sculptures Sculptures by Zurab Tsereteli Saint George and the Dragon Sculptures of dragons Sculpture of Georgia (country) {{Georgia-stub

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