Architects A. Alex-Meskhishvili and L. Janelidze built this ‘Sanatorium Imereti’ in 1961. Tskaltubo became the important spa-resort during the Soviet times. A total of 23 large holiday hotels, sanatoriums and their auxiliary buildings were built during this period.
It took 11 years to finish this sanatorium. The buildings capacity was 305 beds. It is distinguished by its high architectural and artistic value and an example of Stalinist architecture style. The building is surrounded by pines, palm trees and many bushes. At one end there is a rotunda that housed a concert room with a vaulted ceiling and an internal circle of narrow columns.
Since 1993 ‘Imereti’ is devoted to housing families, displaced from their homes by ethnic conflict in Abkhazia.In 2014 this old sanatorium housed 83 IDPs, or Internal dislocated persons. Sadly ‘Sanatorium Imereti’ is in a bad state. The balconies, verandas, openings and windows of the façade are in very poor condition.
Built 1961
Abandoned 1992
Endangered
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Architects A. Alex-Meskhishvili and L. Janelidze built this ‘Sanatorium Imereti’ in 1961.
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Majestic stairs.
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.An example of Stalinist architecture style.
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Decaying flight of stairs.
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Urban exploring the abandoned sanatorium.
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Marble stairs in decay.
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Central hall.
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.The grand entree is crumbling away.
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Ruinous hallway of the old sanatorium.
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Decaying room.
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.The concert hall.
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.The rotunda that housed a concert room.
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Urban exploring the derelict sanatorium.
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.The derelict sanatorium is in a bad state.
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.The theater hall.
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Decay in blue.
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Abandoned hallway of the old sanatorium.
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Posters in the central hallway.
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Nature is taking over.
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.View at the inner garden.
