Misplaced Pages

Gori City Hall

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Building in Georgia, Georgia
Gori City Hall
გორის მერია
Alternative namesGori Municipality
General information
LocationGori, Georgia
CountryGeorgia
Coordinates41°58′54″N 44°06′45″E / 41.98167°N 44.11250°E / 41.98167; 44.11250
OwnerGeorgian government
Website
www.gori-municipality.ge

Gori City Hall (Georgian: გორის მერია, goris meria) is an administrative building of Gori, Georgia, a city in eastern Georgia, which serves as the regional capital of Shida Kartli.

History

According to media reports, the hall has been a target of shelling by Russian troops during the 2008 Russian Georgian war. Until 2010, there was a monument to Joseph Stalin in front of the City Hall who was born in this city.

References

  1. Adrian Blomfield (2008-08-12). "Russians shells Gori despite claims Georgia conflict is over". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
  2. "Europe Georgia. Gori". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
  3. "Stalin Statue Removed from Gori". Civil.ge. 2010-06-25. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
Stub icon

This Georgia-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: