Sanatorium Imereti Tskaltubo

THE ABANDONED SANATORIUM IN GEORGIA

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

Architects A. Alex-Meskhishvili and L. Janelidze built this ‘Sanatorium Imereti’ in 1961.
Majestic stairs.
An example of Stalinist architecture style.
Decaying flight of stairs.
Urban exploring the abandoned sanatorium.
Marble stairs in decay.
Central hall.
The grand entree is crumbling away.
Ruinous hallway of the old sanatorium.
Decaying room.
The concert hall.
The rotunda that housed a concert room.
Urban exploring the derelict sanatorium.
The derelict sanatorium is in a bad state.
The theater hall.
Decay in blue.
Abandoned hallway of the old sanatorium.
Posters in the central hallway.
Nature is taking over.
View at the inner garden.