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Monuments & public art in Batumi

Statues, monuments, memorial plaques and street art in central Batumi.

Monuments & public art

Memed Abashidze

მემედ აბაშიძე

Sculpture of Memed Abashidze, the Georgian writer and politician, at 25 Memed Abashidze Avenue in Batumi.

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Fadiko Gogitidze

ფადიკო გოგიტიძე

Monument to Fadiko Gogitidze, the first woman pilot from Adjara, on Petre Melikishvili Street in Batumi.

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Kupata

კიპატა

A mural on Memed Abashidze Street portrays Kupata, the Batumi street dog who became famous in 2020 for helping children cross the road.

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Zurab Gorgiladze

ზურაბ გორგილაძე

The monument to Zurab Gorgiladze is a sculpture in central Batumi, a short walk from the Love sculpture.

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Aleksandr Shatilov

ალექსანდრე შატილოვი

A memorial plaque in Old Batumi marks the house where the Georgian ophthalmologist and public figure Aleksandr Shatilov lived from 1913 to 1918.

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Aleksandre Tkhilaishvili

ალექსანდრე თხილაიშვილი

A black memorial plaque in Batumi marks the house where the Adjaran Soviet statesman Aleksandre Tkhilaishvili lived from 1956 to 2003.

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Ali and Nino

ნინო და ალი

Kinetic steel sculpture by Tamara Kvesitadze: two lovers who slowly move together and pass through each other.

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Batumi Boulevard Colonnade

კოლონადები

Roman-style colonnade from the 1930s, built as the grand entrance to Batumi Boulevard.

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Egnate Ninoshvili

ეგნატე ნინოშვილი

A memorial plaque at 36 Zviad Gamsakhurdia Street in Old Batumi marks the house where the Georgian writer Egnate Ninoshvili stayed in March 1894.

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Ilia II

ილია II

A plaque at Saint Nicholas Church in Batumi marks where Georgian Patriarch Ilia II began his ministry and served until 1963.

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Illegal typography of the RSDLP

რსდმპ-ის არალეგალური სტამბები

A plaque in Batumi marks the house where the Batumi committee of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party ran an illegal printing press in 1903–1904.

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Iusup Khuseinis-Dze Tsivadze

იუსუფ ხუსეინის-ძე ცივაძე

A memorial plaque near Khariton Akhvlediani Street in Batumi marks the house where the jurist and educator Iusup Tsivadze lived and worked.

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Koki Abashidze

კოკი აბაშიძე

A memorial plaque at 21 Kutaisi Street in Old Batumi marks the house of the architect and Merited Engineer of Georgia Koki Abashidze.

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Lesya Ukrainka

ლესია უკრაინკა

A memorial plaque in Old Batumi records that the Ukrainian poet Lesya Ukrainka lived in the building in 1907, 1908, 1911 and 1912.

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Luka Asatiani

ლუკა ასათიანი

A memorial plaque in Batumi marks the house where the public figure Luka Asatiani lived from 1895 to 1901.

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Otar and Tamaz Chiladze

თამაზ და ოთარ ჭილაძეები

A granite memorial plaque near Luka Asatiani Street in Old Batumi marks the house where the writers Tamaz and Otar Chiladze lived.

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Pyotr Breus

პეტრე ბრეუსი

A memorial plaque near David Kldiashvili Street in Old Batumi marks the house of the Olympic water polo player Pyotr Breus.

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Raoul Wallenberg

რაულ ვალენბერგი

A commemorative plaque in the centre of Batumi marks the street named after the Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg in 2013.

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S. Dolidze

ს. დოლიძე

A memorial plaque near 26 May Street honours Sergeant S. K. Dolidze, a firefighter who served here and died in a fire on duty.

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Shalva Ioseliani

შალვა იოსელიანი

A memorial plaque near David Kldiashvili Street in Old Batumi marks the house where the public figure Shalva Ioseliani lived from 1949 to 1974.