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Hotel ORIENT, Glovin Avenue, Tbilisi (c.1865–1867)

Two-storey 19th-century hotel building on Glovin Avenue in Tbilisi with pedestrians and street activity in front.

Hotel ORIENT on Glovin Avenue, designed by architect O. Simonson, photographed between 1865–1867.

This photograph shows the Hotel ORIENT located on Glovin Avenue in Tbilisi during the mid-19th century. Designed by architect O. Simonson, the building represents early urban commercial architecture of Imperial-era Tiflis. The image documents both architectural form and everyday street life of the period.

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Date
1865-1867
Photographer
Dimitri Jermakov
Source
Negatives by D. Jermakov are kept in the State Museum of Fine Arts and the S. Janashia State Museum of Georgia.
Rights
Public domain - Free to use
Dimitri JermakovOld TbilisiPublic & Commercial ArchitectureLandmarks, Churches & Bridges