About this Place
One location, many impressions
"Ali and Nino" is a moving sculpture by the Georgian artist Tamara Kvesitadze on Batumi's seaside boulevard. Created in 2010, it depicts the heroes of Kurban Said's famous novel — Ali, an Azerbaijani Muslim, and Nino, a Georgian Christian. The two eight-metre steel figures move slowly: they draw closer, merge into one for a moment and then drift apart again — a love story that brings different cultures together. The sculpture is especially beautiful at sunset and in the evening, when the figures are lit in colour. It stands near the Alphabet Tower, next to the Ferris wheel.
