Landmarks in Batumi

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Argo Cable Car

Gondola from central Batumi up Anuria mountain to a leisure complex about 250 m up.

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Petra Fortress

პეტრას ციხე

Ruins of a 6th-century Byzantine fortress town by the sea at Tsikhisdziri, north of Batumi.

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Europe Square

ევროპის მოედანი

Old Batumi's central square, with the Medea statue, a fountain and 19th-century facades.

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Alphabetic Tower

ანბანის კოშკი

130-metre tower on Batumi Boulevard wrapped in the 33 letters of the Georgian alphabet.

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Galaktion Tabidze

გალაკტიონ ტაბიძე

Public park on Tabidze Street in Batumi, also called Galaktion Tabidze Square, with a wheelchair accessible entrance.

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Fantasy

ფანტაზია

Café Fantasy, also called the Octopus, is a mosaic-clad coffeehouse on the Batumi seafront boulevard, opened in 1975 and restored in 2019.

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Astronomical Clock

ასტრონომიული საათი

Astronomical clock in Old Batumi showing the sun, moon phases, zodiac signs and planets.

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Batumi Cathedral of the Mother of God

ღვთისმშობლის შობის სახელობის საკათედრო ტაძარი

Gothic Revival church built 1898–1903 as a Catholic church, now Batumi's main Orthodox cathedral.

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Batumi Dancing Fountains

მოცეკვავე შადრევნები

Evening water, light and music shows at Ardagani Lake, Old Boulevard and Europe Square.

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Batumi Ilia Chavchavadze State Drama Theatre

ბათუმის დრამატული თეატრი

Classical-style 1937 theatre in Batumi's old centre, home to Adjara's main drama company.

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Batumi Lighthouse

ბათუმის შუქურა

Working 19th-century lighthouse in Miracle Park, rebuilt by French engineers in 1882.

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Batumi Mosque (Orta Jame)

ბათუმის მეჩეთი

Batumi's only active mosque, a 19th-century Ottoman-style building with a golden dome.

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Batumi Piazza

ბათუმის პიაცა

Italian-style square in Old Batumi with cafés, a clock tower and a large marble mosaic.

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Batumi Summer Theater

ბათუმის საზაფხულო თეატრი

Open-air theatre on Batumi Boulevard, built in 1947 and rebuilt in 2013.

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Batumi Tower

200 m seafront skyscraper, home to Le Méridien Batumi. Its facade Ferris wheel was never put into service: it cannot be ridden.

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Demetrius II of Georgia

დემეტრე II თავდადებული

A street-name plaque in Batumi commemorates King Demetrius II of Georgia, known as Demetre Tavdadebuli, the Self-Sacrificer, after whom the street is named.

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Gonio Fortress

გონიოს ციხე

A Roman-era fortress 12 km south of Batumi, with 18 towers and a museum.

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Medea Monument (Europe Square)

მედეას ძეგლი

Bronze statue of Medea holding the Golden Fleece, unveiled in 2007 on Europe Square.

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Old Batumi (Old Town)

ძველი ბათუმი

Batumi's historic quarter of narrow paved streets, balconied houses and places of worship of many faiths.

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Ilia Chavchavadze

ილია ჭავჭავაძე

Statue of the writer and public figure Ilia Chavchavadze on Rustaveli Avenue, beside the Batumi State Theater.