Chacha_Clock_Tower

Chacha Tower

Chacha Tower

Clock tower in Batumi, Georgia


Chacha Tower (Georgian: ჭაჭის კოშკი) is a clock tower located in Batumi, Georgia. It was built in 2012 by the city council with a cost of one million Georgian laris.[1] The tower is 25 m (82 ft) high and has four fountains.[1] It is a replica of the Clock Tower in İzmir, Turkey.[2] Georgian chacha comes out of the fountains of the tower instead of water.[1][3] The tower hosts a tourism information center.[1]

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As of 2015, the chacha fountain was reportedly nonfunctioning.[4]


References

  1. "ბათუმში ჭაჭის კოშკი გაიხსნა" (in Georgian). 17 October 2012. Archived from the original on 14 June 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  2. "ბათუმში ჭაჭის კოშკი გაიხსნა". ivote.ge (in Georgian). 18 October 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  3. "'Chacha Tower' with spirit fountain opened in Batumi". Hvino News. 18 October 2012. Archived from the original on 16 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  4. Tara Isabella Burton, "Vegas on the Black Sea," Roads and Kingdoms, September 28, 2015, https://roadsandkingdoms.com/2015/vegas-on-the-black-sea/

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