The first person to create a complete lighting system for the city with the help of "street lanterns" was the head of the Amsterdam Fire Department - Jan van der Heyden. He suggested to the city authorities in the 18th century capital of the Netherlands that the best way to escape the many obstacles of the night was to introduce "street lanterns" throughout the city. Then the Netherlands was followed by other countries.

 Tbilisi has been lit since the second half of the XVIII century. King Erekle liked lighted Tbilisi very much, and during the holidays the population had to come out with torches at night. There were 3,200 lanterns in our capital in the 70s of the XIX century

 Monuments of lamplighters are erected in many cities around the world, and Tbilisi is decorated by Irakli Tsuladze's "patron".

 With the refinement of technology, the design of the lanterns was refined and virtually fully electrified.

 Lanterns are still lit in some cities to attract tourists.