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Batumi (/ b ɑː ˈ t uː m i /; Georgian: ბათუმი pronounced ⓘ), historically Batum [3] or Batoum, [4] is the second-largest city of Georgia and the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, located on the coast of the Black Sea in Georgia's southwest, 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of the border with Turkey.
A Gothic Revival design, the church is located in the Black Sea city of Batumi in Georgia's autonomous republic of Adjara. The church was built as a Roman Catholic church through the sponsorship of the Zubalashvili brothers, Georgian Catholic businessmen, between 1898 and 1903. It was designed by Polish architect Aleksander Rogojski. [1]
Batumi Central is the railway station serving Batumi, Georgia.Despite its name, the station is located on the outskirts of the city, some 4 km away from the Old Town. The four-storey station building is combined with a bus terminal and a shopping centre, with the total floor area of 22,500 s
The fortress is located 15 km south of Batumi, at the mouth of the Chorokhi river. Plinius II was the first to mention Apsirtus in the first century AD and this is the oldest reference about fortress. [6] [7] There is also a reference to the ancient name of the site in Appian’s Mithridatic Wars (second century AD). In the second century AD it ...
Most of Georgia's tallest buildings are in the seaside city of Batumi, including the Alliance Privilege (235 meters), the tallest completed building in Georgia. The Axis Towers (147 meters) is the tallest building in Tbilisi , the capital.
The Batumi Tower (Batumi Technological University Tower) is a skyscraper in Batumi, Georgia. At 200 m (660 ft) tall, it is the tallest building in Georgia. The main construction material used is concrete, and a ferris wheel is embedded into the skyscraper. It is in the modernist style and was designed by Metal Yapi. Construction work was ...
As France and the Great Britain were unwilling to intervene and the agreement with Turks collapsed, Georgia came under the threat of permanently losing Batumi. Understanding this, Mensheviks agreed to negotiate with the Bolsheviks to preserve Batumi within Georgia. [6] Meanwhile, Turkey and Russia signed the Treaty of Moscow on March 16, 1921.
They also created the Batumi council under the presidency of the Russian cadet Prlidian Maslov. On 14 April 1919, the governor disbanded the council and left the city in July 1920, ceding the entire region to Georgia. Demonstration in Batumi in 1917. Batumi was briefly occupied by Turkey during the Soviet invasion of Georgia in March 1921. On ...