Useful information about Batumi and Georgia
Georgia. Samegrelo for tourists
Samegrelo is the western region of Georgia. Its peculiarity is that there are not only mountains and foothills, but also plowed plains. Samegrelo is a place with good roads, stunning scenery, delicious wine, unusual sights.
Poti Cathedral is built in the Byzantine style. There are no analogs to this building anywhere else. Architects Zelenko and Marfeld decided to build a cathedral for 2000 parishioners, which is a copy in miniature of St. Sophia Cathedral in Constantinople. The frescoes of the cathedral were painted in three styles: in the Byzantine, Georgian-Byzantine, Russian-Byzantine. In 1932, the cathedral was used for other purposes: as a theater. Today the cathedral is being reconstructed.
The architectural monument of Georgia is Nakalakevi. This is a walled city. It belongs to the 8th century BC. Therefore, archaeologists often find vessels, objects, and jewelry of the ancient period in the fortress. Fenced with three walls, the fortress was considered impregnable due to the many towers, gates and secret passages. She had a secret path to a cave with water. The fortress was devastated by the Arab conqueror in the 11th century, and in the 16-18th centuries turned into the residence of the princes Dadiani.
Anaklia is one of the most developed resorts. There are five-star hotels here ready to receive tourists. The peculiarity of the resort is that this resort has a minimum of rainfall and a lot of magnetic sands. There is a fortress built in 1703. According to legend, a child was abducted from here on a ship, and his mother, Anna, wept and begged the abductors to leave the child. The name of the place translates as "tearful". In addition, the Turks from here took their children to Turkey.
The horizontal and ascending Montena Cave appears as a gorge. It has stalactites, stalagmites, clay layers of a block and many unusual formations. From the fauna you can find bats, spiders. A river flows in a cave. You can also meet the building, which in the Middle Ages was a fortress.