Seated Bearded Figure. Ilia Chavchavadze, the 19th-century writer later canonised as a saint, gave the nation its watchwords: “Fatherland, Language, Faith”. A portrait in bronze, close enough to read every line of the face and robe. Women stand tall in this history: Saint Nino, Queen Tamar and Saint Ketevan are among the most revered figures of the Georgian past.
