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Monuments & public art in Batumi

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

Monuments & public art

Levan Geladze

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A stone memorial plaque near Vazha-Pshavela Street in Old Batumi marks the house where the poet and physician Levan Geladze lived.

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Luka Asatiani

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A memorial bust in Batumi commemorates Luka Asatiani, the first elected city head of Batumi, who died in the city in 1901.

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Man on a horse

A large mural by the German artist Matthias Mross on Pirosmani Street in Batumi shows a man in modern clothes holding reins and a whip.

Monuments & public art

Phridon Khalvashi

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A bust of the Georgian poet and prose writer Pridon Khalvashi stands in the Rustaveli district of Batumi, near Petre Melikishvili Street.

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Sami Da

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A memorial plaque at 13 Demetre Tavdadebuli Street marks the house of the Shatilov sisters, linked to Anton Chekhov's play Three Sisters.

Monuments & public art

Selim Khimshiashvili

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A statue of Selim Khimshiashvili, the Georgian beylerbey of Adjara, was unveiled in Batumi in 2015.

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Sergei Yesenin

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A memorial plaque near Petre Melikishvili Street in Batumi marks the house where the Russian poet Sergei Yesenin lived and worked in winter 1924–1925.

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Sergo Dolidze

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A granite memorial plaque at 1 Konstantine Gamsakhurdia Street marks the house of Sergo Dolidze, a Merited Engineer of Georgia and inventor.

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Suliko Zghenti

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A monument-bust of the Georgian screenwriter Suliko Jgenti stands on Batumi Boulevard.

Monuments & public art

Terenti Graneli

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Monument to Terenti Graneli at 40 Shota Rustaveli Street in Batumi, located in Batumi Central Park.

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Monuments & public art

The fox

The Fox is a 2019 mural by the artist Joseph Fox Chuman on Tsar Parnavaz Street in Batumi.

Monuments & public art

The whale

A mural by the street artist Gagosh at 23 Mazniashvili Street in Old Batumi shows a whale shark carrying scuba tanks beside a sailing ship.

Monuments & public art

Vaccine girl

A 2021 mural by Musya Kvebouria on Zurab Gorgiladze Street in Batumi shows a young figure in a space-suit-like outfit with a vaccination bandage.