Long-Haired Figure. Rust-red streaks and green patina are signs of decades of rain and sun — the memorial ages like the history it tells. A close-up 360° view of the bronze reliefs under a soft cloudy sky, with Tbilisi below. Shota Rustaveli wrote “The Knight in the Panther’s Skin” in the 12th century and dedicated it to Queen Tamar — the national epic every Georgian knows by heart.