The Statue of Medea stands at the centre of Europe Square in old Batumi, a tall bronze figure on a high stone column. Medea holds the Golden Fleece aloft in one hand, looking out over the square with an expression somewhere between defiance and grief. She is dressed in classical robes, but the work itself — by the Georgian sculptor David Khmaladze — is unmistakably modern.
The square around her is one of the most pleasant in the old town: pastel-painted nineteenth-century buildings on three sides, café tables under awnings, and a stage that hosts free concerts in summer. Come back at night, when the statue and the buildings are floodlit, for a different view.