Not far from the #43 school, if we turn to the left, we find ourselves in Kikodze street. Lermontov street crosses it on the halfway. Kikodze 8 - the former Mantashev's house. According to the legend, Mantashev built this house for his daughter - on its balconies one can still see a woman' silhouette. At Soviet times there was the Arts Workers House.
On Kikodze street we can see solid yellow building. Now there is school # 50, but at the beginning of the 20th century, in 1918-1921 the French Embassy functioned in this school, and the first consul in Georgia was a well known French traveler, a businessman Jack-Fransua Gamba. He traveled round the Caucasus twice and then published a detailed description of his travels in Paris. It was he who insisted on establishing the French Embassy in Tbilisi - he was patronized by Russian authorities. Gamba was in friendly relations with Alexander Chavchavadze (1786 - 1846) and stayed at the prince's house in Tsinandali.
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