Gordi - Imereti
Gordi, Avillage in Khoni region.It is situated at the border of three regions: Samegrelo,Imereti,and Lechkhumi.It is unknown why the village was called so but it may have connection with St.Gordi from from Cappadocia, who was tortured and killed 320 A.D.Gordi is famous for the summer residence of the nobles called the Dadianis and for its forest park.
The Dadianis’ summer residence, the Gordi Palace, was another impressive architectural treasure. In 1841, following a design from the Russian architect Leonid Vasiliev, construction began on this two-storey, citadel-type structure near the town of Gordi in Imereti, just over the border from Samegrelo. The finished building was just over 20 meters wide and 40 meters long, with a first floor partitioned by columns and arches and a second floor consisting of a huge hall, lobby, salon, and library.
David Dadiani invited the renowned agronomist and landscape architect Joseph Babini, who was also responsible for the design of the botanic gardens at Zugdidi, to draw up a plan for the gardens around the Gordi Palace. Work on them was started by Babini and taken up later by the Italian gardener Gaetano Zamberletti. The 80-hectare grounds were enclosed within a stone wall with the three guarded gates. Other facilities in the complex included a bathhouse and an artificial lake.
During the Bolshevik Revolution, when Red Army units were stationed at the Gordi Palace, the palace’s arms, furniture, and kitchenware were stolen. Later, with encouragement from the local authorities, villagers looted the site, and everything of value that remained—doors, windows, ornamental wooden pillars—was taken. Today, little of it remains except a roofless.
Gordi, Avillage in Khoni region.It is situated at the border of three regions: Samegrelo,Imereti,and Lechkhumi.It is unknown why the village was called so but it may have connection with St.Gordi from from Cappadocia, who was tortured and killed 320 A.D.Gordi is famous for the summer residence of the nobles called the Dadianis and for its forest park.
The Dadianis’ summer residence, the Gordi Palace, was another impressive architectural treasure. In 1841, following a design from the Russian architect Leonid Vasiliev, construction began on this two-storey, citadel-type structure near the town of Gordi in Imereti, just over the border from Samegrelo. The finished building was just over 20 meters wide and 40 meters long, with a first floor partitioned by columns and arches and a second floor consisting of a huge hall, lobby, salon, and library.
David Dadiani invited the renowned agronomist and landscape architect Joseph Babini, who was also responsible for the design of the botanic gardens at Zugdidi, to draw up a plan for the gardens around the Gordi Palace. Work on them was started by Babini and taken up later by the Italian gardener Gaetano Zamberletti. The 80-hectare grounds were enclosed within a stone wall with the three guarded gates. Other facilities in the complex included a bathhouse and an artificial lake.
During the Bolshevik Revolution, when Red Army units were stationed at the Gordi Palace, the palace’s arms, furniture, and kitchenware were stolen. Later, with encouragement from the local authorities, villagers looted the site, and everything of value that remained—doors, windows, ornamental wooden pillars—was taken. Today, little of it remains except a roofless.