Tsereteli (Georgian: წერეთელი) is a station located on the

Saburtalo Line The Saburtalo Line ( ka, საბურთალოს ხაზი, tr) is a line of the Tbilisi Metro in Georgia. The line was first opened in 1979, running originally from Station Square, where Tbilisi Central Railway station is located to ...

Tbilisi Metro The Tbilisi Metro ( ka, თბილისის მეტროპოლიტენი, tr) is a rapid transit system in the Georgia (country), Georgian capital Tbilisi. Opened on 11 January 1966, it was the List of metro systems in the Soviet ...

, between the stations

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and terminus Station Square-2. It opened in 1979 as part of the original 5 stations of the

. It is named after the great Georgian writer

Akaki Tsereteli Count Akaki Tsereteli ( ka, აკაკი წერეთელი) (1840–1915), often mononymously known as Akaki, was a prominent Georgian poet and national liberation movement figure. Early life and education Tsereteli was born in the vi ...

, on whose named avenue the station is located. Alongside the terminus and transfer station of

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, it is one of the stations on the line not located within Saburtalo and is located in the

Didube district Didube ( ka, დიდუბე) is an administrative district (raioni) of Tbilisi, capital of Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern Uni ...

. The official name of the station was Tseretlis Gamziri ( ka, წერეთლის გამზირი ''Tsereteli Avenue'') or formally A. Tseretlis Gamziri ( ka, ა. წერეთლის გამზირი ''Akaki Tsereteli Avenue''), until simplifying to the Tsereteli in 2011. A relief wall bust of

is located at the end of the station hall. The station interior was overhauled in 2006. The landmarks and attractions near the station include –

Didube Pantheon The Didube Pantheon ( ka, დიდუბის მწერალთა და საზოგადო მოღვაწეთა პანთეონი) is a cemetery in Tbilisi, Georgia, where some of the most prominent writers, artists, sc ...

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, and Mushthaid Garden.

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Metro Tsereteli Outside the station - Tbilisi

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