Figures Rising Upward. Read from bottom to top, each pillar moves from earth to heaven — from the deeds of people to the sacred story that guided them. A close-up 360° view of the bronze reliefs under a soft cloudy sky, with Tbilisi below. Poet Akaki Tsereteli, Ilia’s contemporary, wrote “Suliko”, the song generations of Georgians have sung around the table.
