National Youth and Children's Palace
| National Youth and Children's Palace | |
|---|---|
მოსწავლე ახალგაზრდობის ეროვნული სასახლე | |
National Palace in September 2023 | |
Interactive map of the National Youth and Children's Palace area | |
| Former names | Viceroy's palace; Pioneers' palace |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Renaissance |
| Location | 6, Rustaveli Ave., Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Current tenants | Tbilisi National Youth Palace |
| Completed | 1818 |
| Renovated | 1st renovation – 1847 2nd renovation – 1869 (current façade) 3rd renovation – 1941 |
| Renovation cost | 3rd renovation: up to 15 million rubles 4th renovation: 56.4 million GEL |
| Renovating team | |
| Architects | 1st renovation – Nikolay Semionov 2nd renovation (current façade) – Otto Jakob Simonson 3rd renovation – Archil Kurdiani 4th renovation – Merab Bochoidze |
| Website | |
| youthpalace nationalpalace | |
| Official name | Youth Palace |
| Designated | October 1, 2007 |
| Item Number in Cultural Heritage Portal | 4976 |
| Date of entry in the registry | October 11, 2007 |
National Youth and Children's Palace (Georgian: მოსწავლე ახალგაზრდობის ეროვნული სასახლე), sometimes referred to as Pioneers' Palace, National Palace, or by its original name, Viceroy's Palace, is a historic building located on Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi, Georgia.
The original building, constructed in 1802 after the establishment of the Imperial Russian rule in Georgia, served as the residence of the Commander-in-Chief of the Caucasus in Tiflis. After several reconstructions a new palace was built in 1818, designed by architect Braunmiller. The palace was reconstructed in 1847 by architect Nikolai Semyonov, who gave the palace a classical look and constructed a garden on the left side of the palace. It underwent a second renovation in 1869, led by Otto Jakob Simonson, a German architect working in Tbilisi. He enlarged the palace and gave it a renaissance look.
During the various periods of Russian Imperial rule in Georgia, the palace was sometimes the residence and palace of the Commander-in-Chief of the Caucasus, and sometimes of the Viceroy.
Following the Russian Revolution of 1917, the palace housed the government of the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic. On May 26, 1918, the federation announced its dissolution and the National Council of Georgia, convened at the palace on the same day, declared Georgia's independence at 5:10 p.m. Two days later, the independence of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan and the First Republic of Armenia was declared in the palace. Following the declaration of independence, the palace housed the government of the Democratic Republic of Georgia and the National Council, which, following the 1919 parliamentary elections, was replaced by the Constituent Assembly of Georgia. On February 21, 1921, the palace hosted the adoption of the Constitution of the Democratic Republic by the Constituent Assembly.
After the Sovietization of Georgia the palace housed the Georgian Revolutionary Committee, and then the governments of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic and Soviet Georgia. In 1937, the soviet government decided to open a Pioneers Palace; a nonformal educational institution for children. After reconstruction, on May 2, 1941, the palace reopened, operating as an educational institution for children. Since 1941, the palace has housed Tbilisi National Youth Palace.
The Palace is listed Cultural Heritage Monument of Georgia.