The Flood | Francesco Merlini

FRANCESCO MERLINI

A damaged fake building in the centre of Tbilsi.

A rhinoceros in the zoo that has been destroyed by the flood.

A piece of wall in the city center of Tbilisi.

Trees in the Saburtalo district, very near to the valley where the Vere river flows.

A cross near a landslide in Mukhatgverdi area, outside Tbilisi.

A white python in the reptiles area of the zoo that has been destroyed by the flood.

A piece of scenography in Mushtaidi Park in Tbilisi city centre.

A dead plant in an abandoned van in the suburbs of Tbilisi.

Carpets hung in order to dry off, near the Tbilisi Central Station.

The biggest and most dangerous animals, including bears and wolves, have been already relocated in a restricted fenced area near the Tbilisi Reservoir Lake. This is the spot where the new zoo of Tblisi should be built.

A zebra and five goats in the zoo that has been destroyed by the flood.

A ladder on the side of a concrete smokestack in an abandoned site in Tbilisi.

Snakes in a glass jar at the National Museum of Georgia.

Fences around the graves of Kukia cemetery.

Advertising billboards outside Tbilisi, near Vazisubani.

A charity box for the Orthodox church out of a metro stop in the Delisi district.

Stuffed birds at the National Museum of Georgia.

A puddle in a suburb of Tbilisi.

Wet bales in the Tbilisi Zoo.

An hearse parked near the Suburtalo cemetery.

A view of the Mtatsminda Park, a luna park on an hill near the city centre of Tbilisi.

An iguana in the zoo that has been destroyed by the flood.

A traffic cone in the suburb where the Vere river flows.

A huge column, part of 'The Chronicle of Georgia' touristic site, outside Tbilisi.

© 2020 by Francesco Merlini