ELABORATION OF CONSERVATION PLAN FOR TELAVI BATONIS TSIKHE (CASTLE) COMPLEX
Contractor: National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia;
Donor: WB/Municipality Development Fund
Project team: Maka Dvalishvili, Project Director; Nato Tsintsabadze, architect-restorer; Manana Suramelashvili, art historian; Irakli Kevlishvili, engineer-constructor; Darejan Mgebrishvili, geologist; Giorgi Gagoshidze, dendrologist; Giorgi Lagiashvili, archaeologist; Nana Kuprashvili, mural paintings expert; Tamar Peikrishvili, sociologist; Eter Makhatelashvili, Erekle Naroushvili, Giorgi Sutidze, architect-restorers; Zaal Megvinetukutsesi, consultant; Natalia Chitishvili, Tamar kiknadze; technical assistance;
Project Aim
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The aim of the project was elaboration of comprehensive conservation plan for the Telavi Batonis Tsikhe complex which contains the main principles of conservational intervention to the monument.
Activities
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The multidisciplinary study had been conducted in the frames of the project to assess the present condition of the monument and determine terms of further development. Conducted research included:
1. Art historian research
2. Engineering study of the constructions' stability
3. Engineering-geological study
4. Archaeological research
5. Study of vegetation
6. Assessment of the plaster stability
7. Sociological study
Also had been conducted the measurment activities and creation ofthe informational database.