Kartlis Deda

Mother Georgian
Native names
Kartvlis Deda
LocationSololaki Hill, Tbilisi, Georgia
Coordinates41°41′17.0″N 44°48′16.5″E / 41.688056°N 44.804583°E / 41.688056; 44.804583
Height20 meters (66 feet)
Built1958
SculptorElguja Amashukeli
Location of Mother Georgian in Georgia

Kartlis Deda (Georgian: ქართვლის დედა; Mother of Kartvel or Mother of Georgians) is a monument in Georgia's capital Tbilisi.

The statue was erected on the top of Sololaki hill in 1958, the year Tbilisi celebrated its 1500th anniversary. Prominent Georgian sculptor Elguja Amashukeli designed the twenty-meter aluminium figure of a woman in Georgian national dress.