Batumi: From Ottoman Quarters to Glass Towers

You will see:
• A mosque with a grapevine carved on its door
• A hidden Italian square tucked among narrow streets
• The oldest surviving building in Batumi
• A church that once functioned as a planetarium
• Medea statue holding the Golden Fleece
• A colonnade inspired by Sorrento
• The dynamic sculpture "Ali and Nino"

You will learn:
• What gift did Maxim Gorky leave to Batumi?
• Which building resembles the Lighthouse of Alexandria?
• Where in Batumi was Home Alone filmed?
• Why did the Greek church have no bells?
• Does the Civil Registry building look like a dolphin or a pig?
• Which Batumi building was designed by the architect of Lenin's Mausoleum and Kazansky railway station in Moscow?
• Which structure is dedicated to the Georgian genetic code?