St. George Kashueti Church was built in the XVlc. (builder's inscription of l754) on the spot where St. David Garedjeli, four- apse church stood. Pulled down in 1904 to give way to a new Kashueti Church. Alexander Garden is t he first public garden in Tbilisi. Laid out in l859 on former Alexander Square (the territory of old "Qabakhi") under the supervision of the landscape gardener G. Sharrer. The draft of the garden and the project of separate pavilions were drawn by O.. Simonson (l832-l914), an architect from Tbilisi. The garden was named Alexander in honor of the Russian Emperor Alexander II. The present 9 Aprils Garden