Petre Iberi Street
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OverviewPetre Iberi Street (Georgian: პეტრე იბერის ქუჩა) is a street in Didi Dighomi, in the Saburtalo district of Tbilisi, in the north-west of the city. Georgian Wikipedia lists it among the main st...
אודות Petre Iberi Street
Overview
Petre Iberi Street (Georgian: პეტრე იბერის ქუჩა) is a street in Didi Dighomi, in the Saburtalo district of Tbilisi, in the north-west of the city. Georgian Wikipedia lists it among the main streets of Didi Dighomi. According to OpenStreetMap (OSM), it runs from north to south, from Demetre Tavdadebuli Street to Mirian Mepe Street, and is about 1.0 km long.
The street is named after Peter the Iberian (Petre Iberi), a 5th-century Georgian royal prince, theologian and philosopher who became bishop of Maiuma near Gaza. A short side street, Petre Iberi Lane, branches off it to the west.
Location
According to OSM, the street consists of seven sections with a total length of 997 m. The northern end is at Demetre Tavdadebuli Street (about 41.7964° N, 44.7554° E). The southern end is at the junction with Mirian Mepe Street and Avtandili Street (about 41.7875° N, 44.7554° E). The street is straight and runs exactly north–south. The midpoint is at about 41.7920° N, 44.7554° E.
From north to south, the street crosses or meets:
Demetre Tavdadebuli Street (northern end)
Ioane Petritsi Street
Petre Iberi Lane (to the west)
Giorgi Brtskinvale Street
Mirian Mepe Street and Avtandili Street (southern end)
In OSM, the street is mapped as an asphalt tertiary road with street lighting and a speed limit of 40 km/h. South of Ioane Petritsi Street, a bus lane is marked on one side of the road, and the section between Giorgi Brtskinvale and Mirian Mepe Streets has up to four lanes. OSM shows the 1st and 2nd microdistricts of Didi Dighomi to the east of the street.
Didi Dighomi
According to Georgian Wikipedia, Didi Dighomi is separated from the Dighomi Massive by David Aghmashenebeli Alley. It was planned in the 1970s on former farmland of the Dighomi state farm, construction began in 1985, and it is divided into four microdistricts. Because of the collapse of the Soviet Union, only the first and part of the second of the seven planned residential districts were built as planned. Wikipedia names Ioane Petritsi, Giorgi Brtskinvale, Mepe Archili, Demetre Tavdadebuli, Farnavazi, Petre Iberi and Mirian Mepe Streets as streets of Didi Dighomi.
Petre Iberi Lane
Petre Iberi Lane leaves the street to the west, about 0.5 km south of its northern end. In OSM it is an asphalt residential street of about 0.28 km. By Decision No. 274 of 24 May 2024, the Tbilisi City Council extended Petre Iberi Lane “in Didi Dighomi, Saburtalo district” according to an attached map.
Transport
There is no metro station near the street. Based on OSM coordinates, the nearest station, Guramishvili, is about 3.8 km in a straight line from the middle of the street. In OSM, the southern part of the street has a marked bus lane.
The namesake: Peter the Iberian
According to Wikipedia, Peter the Iberian was born Murvan (Nabarnugios in Syriac sources) into the royal family of Iberia (Kartli, eastern Georgia). His birth year is given differently: about 417 in English Wikipedia and 411 in Georgian Wikipedia. He died in 491 at Yavne-Yam, the port of ancient Iamnia. His tutor was the philosopher Mithridates, also known as John the Laz.
In 423, as a child of about five, the prince was sent to Constantinople as a political hostage. There he was educated under the patronage of Empress Aelia Eudocia, wife of Theodosius II. At about twenty he left the court with Mithridates for Palestine. In Jerusalem they became monks and took the names Peter and John. English Wikipedia says that Peter’s money was used to build their own monastery, later called the monastery of the Iberians, which they later turned into a hostel for pilgrims.
Peter was ordained a priest around 445. In 452 he was consecrated bishop of Maiuma, the port of Gaza. Later he lived in Egypt and in various places in Palestine. He is regarded as a theologian and philosopher and one of the founders of Christian Neoplatonism. Some scholars, among them Shalva Nutsubidze and Ernest Honigmann, have linked him with the writings known as Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite. His life is known from biographies by his disciple John Rufus (preserved in Syriac) and by Zacharias Rhetor (preserved in a Georgian version). The old Georgian Bir el Qutt inscriptions near Bethlehem mention Peter together with his father.
We could not find the official decision naming the street or its date in public sources.
Nearby places
Kindergarten No. 198, about 0.06 km east of the northern part of the street.
Public School No. 186, about 0.3 km east of the central part of the street.
Distances are calculated from OSM coordinates, in a straight line.
FAQ
1) Where is Petre Iberi Street?
In Didi Dighomi, in the Saburtalo district of Tbilisi. It runs from Demetre Tavdadebuli Street in the north to Mirian Mepe Street in the south.
2) How long is the street?
About 1.0 km according to OpenStreetMap (seven sections, 997 m in total).
3) Who is the street named after?
After Peter the Iberian (Petre Iberi), a 5th-century Georgian prince, theologian and philosopher who became bishop of Maiuma near Gaza.
4) What was Peter the Iberian’s original name?
Murvan; Syriac sources call him Nabarnugios. He took the name Peter when he became a monk in Jerusalem.
5) When did Peter the Iberian live?
He was born in the early 5th century (about 417 according to English Wikipedia, 411 according to Georgian Wikipedia) and died in 491.
6) Which streets does it cross?
From north to south: Demetre Tavdadebuli Street, Ioane Petritsi Street, Petre Iberi Lane and Giorgi Brtskinvale Street; it ends at Mirian Mepe and Avtandili Streets.
7) What is Petre Iberi Lane?
A side street of about 0.28 km to the west of the street. The Tbilisi City Council extended it by Decision No. 274 of 24 May 2024.
8) What kind of road is it?
OpenStreetMap maps it as an asphalt tertiary road with lighting and a 40 km/h speed limit; the southern part has a bus lane.
9) What is the nearest metro station?
Guramishvili, about 3.8 km in a straight line from the middle of the street.
10) What is nearby?
Kindergarten No. 198 (about 0.06 km) and Public School No. 186 (about 0.3 km), measured in a straight line.
Sources
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