ეროვნული სასახლე - National Palace

Chokhonelidze worked here, with number of students gone in the global arena. Nothing
can erase the memories of the concerts held in this stunning hall.
Where and by whom you study is extremely important, and when younger, you pay
great attention to this. I think that those children, who are able to go here, should be
very happy to study singing and dancing from these brilliant tutors.
Pridon Sulaberidze
Artistic Director of Ensemble “Rustavi”
The stories of this garden, that I am familiar of, are connected to one of the greatest
gardeners of all times – Mikheil Mamulashvili. He was working on planning and beautifying
this garden. Once he requested right to marry from the commander-in-chief. Golitsyn
refused to give him this right, not to leave the garden inattentive… and what did Mikheil
do? He went away from the work secretly, left the job and got married anyway. This is the
indicator of his vigorousness, isn’t it? He went to Mtskheta and later in his memoirs recalls,
that he owed nothing, and he was the only owner of himself… He continued working in
his own garden in Mtskheta. There is another story connected to Golitsyn and his wife. At
that time, Mikheil already owned “Soleidor”, his well-known flower store in Tamamshev’s
Caravanserai. They sent a phaeton for Mikheil, who should create decorations for some
party, and he describes the decorations, that he loaded on the phaeton and sent back…
It was early spring and the choice was poor, he ran out of flowers and collected stump
and moss, he worked with this natural Georgian material… So he describes that he suited
this composition on a molded chelta, where he put a bowl full of water, representing a
lake, and the places the spring flowers around it the way that the water reflected them
- the violets and primroses- as far as you can imagine... So he sent the phaeton back to
the palace, equipped with such a bouquet. And as the guests highly appreciated it, the
governor requested the creator to arrive in the palace. Mikheil was so shy and disturbed
by the attention, that he said to have ran away from the back door of the store, in order
to avoid arriving to the palace for gratefulness. I have number of stories collected about
Mikheil, among which there are the handmade greeting cards created by him, that are
extremely valuable for me.. He used to send these greeting cards to the children of the
elite families of that time, who were quite close to him, acknowledged his talent and
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