Baron de Baye Street
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OverviewBaron de Baye Street (Georgian: ბარონ დე ბაის ქუჩა) is a street in the Saburtalo district of Tbilisi, in Didi Dighomi, in the north-west of the city. It runs roughly west–east and, according t...
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Overview
Baron de Baye Street (Georgian: ბარონ დე ბაის ქუჩა) is a street in the Saburtalo district of Tbilisi, in Didi Dighomi, in the north-west of the city. It runs roughly west–east and, according to OSM, is about 2.2 km long.
The street is named after the French scholar Baron Joseph de Baye (1853–1931). According to the Georgian Encyclopedia, he visited Georgia several times from 1897. After returning to France, he published several books about the country.
Location
In OSM the street is mapped in three sections with a combined length of 2,195 m. Its western end is at about 41.7855° N, 44.7230° E. Its eastern end is at about 41.7823° N, 44.7491° E, where it meets Nestan-Darejan Street. The midpoint along its length is at about 41.7839° N, 44.7361° E.
From west to east, the following streets join it:
Henryk Hryniewski Street (ჰენრიკ ჰრინევსკის ქუჩა)
Maks Tilke Street
Oscar Schmerling Street
Timote Belloi Street (ტიმოთე ბელოის ქუჩა)
Ian Homer Street (იან ჰომერის ქუჩა)
Rafiel Danibegashvili Street
Niko Buri Street
Nestan-Darejan Street (eastern end)
OSM classifies it as a residential street. The eastern and middle parts are asphalt; the western section, about 0.65 km long, is unpaved.
There is no metro station close to the street. Based on OSM coordinates, the nearest stations, Grmagele and Guramishvili, are both about 3.9 km in a straight line from its eastern end.
The name: Baron Joseph de Baye
OSM gives the street’s English name as Baron de Baye Street. According to the Georgian Encyclopedia, Baron de Baye (full name Amour Auguste Louis Joseph Berthelot, baron de Baye) was a French scholar, historian, archaeologist and public figure. He was born in Paris in 1853 and died there in 1931. We could not find the official naming decision for the street in the Legislative Herald of Georgia (matsne.gov.ge).
According to the encyclopedia, de Baye first came to Georgia in 1897 and travelled through almost all of its regions. Back in France he lectured on Georgia and published books about it, including:
In Georgia (1898)
To the South of the Caucasian Range and To the North of the Caucasian Range (both 1899)
Tbilisi (1900)
In Imereti (1902)
In Abkhazia (1904)
He was interested in Georgian legends and in the life of St Nino. He was close to Ilia Chavchavadze, Ekvtime Takaishvili, Tedo Sakhokia, Aleksandre Tsagareli, Davit Sarajishvili and the painter Gigo Gabashvili. In In Imereti he included prose translations of poems by Akaki Tsereteli.
According to the French and Russian Wikipedia, de Baye also travelled widely in the Russian Empire and carried out archaeological research there. Russian Wikipedia adds that more than 500 of his photographs taken in Georgia are kept at the Musée du quai Branly in Paris.
Didi Dighomi
According to Georgian Wikipedia, Didi Dighomi is a neighbourhood of the Saburtalo district in the north-west of Tbilisi. It was planned in the 1970s and built in 1985–1991. From the 2000s, new construction there continued without an overall plan.
FAQ
1) Where is Baron de Baye Street?
In Didi Dighomi, in Tbilisi's Saburtalo district.
2) How long is the street?
About 2.2 km (2,195 m), according to OpenStreetMap.
3) Who is the street named after?
Baron de Baye. In Georgian sources this name belongs to the French scholar Joseph de Baye (1853–1931). We could not find the official naming decision.
4) Who was Baron de Baye?
A French scholar, historian and archaeologist. He first came to Georgia in 1897 and later published several books about the country.
5) Which books did he write about Georgia?
According to the Georgian Encyclopedia: In Georgia (1898), books about travelling south and north of the Caucasus range (1899), Tbilisi (1900), In Imereti (1902) and In Abkhazia (1904).
6) Which streets does it meet?
According to OSM: Henryk Hryniewski, Maks Tilke, Oscar Schmerling, Timote Belloi, Ian Homer, Rafiel Danibegashvili and Niko Buri streets. In the east it ends at Nestan-Darejan Street.
7) Is the street paved?
According to OSM, the eastern and middle parts are asphalt. The western section (about 0.65 km) is unpaved.
8) What is the nearest metro station?
There is none close by. The nearest stations, Grmagele and Guramishvili, are about 3.9 km in a straight line from the eastern end of the street.
9) Why is the English name 'Baron de Baye Street'?
Baye is the correct French spelling of the title. The form 'Baron De. Bai Street' used earlier was a mistake.
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