14 October 2024,   19:21
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Rehabilitation of Aleksandre Kazbegi Museum in Stepantsminda is in the final phase

Rehabilitation of Aleksandre Kazbegi Museum in Stepantsminda is in the final phase. The works started with the support of the World Bank, the Municipal Development Fund of Georgia of the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia.

Three buildings of Aleksandre Kazbegi Historical Museum Complex in borough Stepantsminda - Historical Museum, Aleksandre Kazbegi Memorial House and Nikoloz Kazbegi (uncle to Al. Kazbegi) House.

The project cost exceeds GEL 13.5 million.

The museum building used to be memorial house of the Georgian writer. There are kept his personal belongings and library, ethnographic and craft collections of material culture, documents characteristic for Khevi (name of the mountainous region) and more widely – for Caucasian culture, for example household objects, accessories, crockery, kilims, saddle-bags (XIX c. and beginning of the XX c.), archaeological collection (numismatics, fragments of weapons and implements, adornments, decorations, earthenware, etc.), religious objects, works of local artists.

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