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N11, Konstantine Gamsakhurdia str. / N20, Memed Abashidze str., Batumi
The Baroque-style building was built in 1903-1904 and it belonged to the Deputy of Batumi Council Nikoloz Sabaev. The house primarily had two floors and the third one was added later. Pursuant to the sources, the Titan sculptures on the building were made by a well-known sculptor Serapime Pololikashvili who arrived from Kutaisi to Batumi in the 1910ies. The building constructed with stone and blocks is plastered and adorned with plastic décor. This large building is situated on the crossroad. The central entrance faces K. Gamsakhurdia Street and another entrance – M. Abashidze Street. These two facades with entrances are similar. The wall surface has stretched out avant-corps. The rusticated first floor is simple and has rectangular windows. The second and third floors have rectangular and arched apertures, some of them having Corinthian engaged columns and plasters. The windows are highlighted with levelled pediments. In addition, the third floor has arched and rectangular windows, which are narrower than those on the other floors. The balconies with balustrades leaning on the decorative consoles are arranged at the level of the second and third floors. The small sculpture of a womans head situated at the centre of the arched windows and a large sculpture in the middle of the parapets (in the opened arched gable) above the avant-corps are worth mentioning among the plastic decors. The round bay, leaning on the large sculptures of Titans on the first floor, is built onto the building at the level of the second and third floors. The bay has a silver fin-like dome. The eave around the building is adorned with decorative consoles. The building has a high architectural-artistic value; it has a high artistic-architectural value. This is a large building with a great number of Baroque style décor. Even though the similarity of the forms on the facades, the facades are not monotonous, they are quite revived, interesting and glamorous, which may be achieved by using similar forms.
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