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On 1 April, 2011, at the House of Europe (2, Dadiani Str. Tbilisi)  there was held a presentation of new books edited by The George Chubinashvili Centre and dedicated to the seventieth anniversary of The George Chubinashvili Institute of Georgian Art History (now The National Centre).

The audience was welcomed by the director of The George Chubinashvili Centre Mariam Didebulidze. She spoke about foundation of the Institute, its founders, the senior generation and about the activity of The Centre.

Speeches were made by art historians, the last director of The George Chubinashvili Institute of Georgian Art History Teimuraz Sakvarelidze and Dimitri Tumanishvili. They spoke about the significance of The Centre in research and popularization of the cultural heritage, discussed experience of the past and the future ways of development in the activity of The Centre.

At the end of the presentation the director of The Centre Mariam Didebulidze congratulated Teimuraz Sakvarelidze on his eightieth birthday.

In 2012 the Chibinashvili Centre launched implementation of the international project “OLKAS: From the Aegean to the Black Sea” – Medieval Ports in the Maritime Routs of the East
The Leading organization: European Center for Byzantine and post-byzantine monuments (EKBMM), Thessaloniki, Greece. The partners of the project: Ukraine, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Georgia. The project’s activity will focus on the documentation and promotion of the network of Black Sea ports, created within the Byzantine era and reflecting the frequent movements and interaction of peoples of widely differing cultural traditions.
Specifically, the project will concentrate on a network of important monuments which served, or still serve, as ports – historical sites of great importance and enduring value, which also still constitute cultural and touristic landmarks.

Objectives:

The overall objective of the project is to create a viable mechanism for inter-state cooperation in the documentation, promotion and exploitation of the medieval ports as common specific products of cultural tourism in Black Sea.
The dissemination of Know-how and experience and promotion of good practices, by training the competent agencies in each country in aspects of cultural tourism management and the use of new technologies in the service of culture.

On 17-20 February 2011, a three day expedition was organized to historical Tao-Klarjeti by the Agency of Protection of Georgian Cultural Heritage. The experts – art historians, historians, architects, constructors and journalists became acquainted with the monuments of Georgian architecture on-site. Because of a lot of snow they managed to inspect only the churches of Oshki and Ishkhani.

These unique temples are in a sad state so to save them urgent measures have to be taken. Among other experts David Khoshtaria, the head of the department of ancient Georgian art of the Chubinashvili Centre, took part in the expedition.