Batumi Lighthouse

The history of the Batumi lighthouse begins from 1863, during the Ottoman rule when the Ottoman lighthouse department built the first lighthouse near the Turkish fortress on the cape. The second lighthouse was built after the transfer of Batumi to the Russian sovereignty in 1878. A 21-meter-high lighthouse was constructed by a French (Parisian) firm in 1882. A year later an optic apparatus was installed on the lighthouse. The tower of the lighthouse is an octagon stone building resembling a residential house in shape.