Sokhumi Bay

Sokhumi Bay lies on the eastern Black Sea coast below the wooded mountains of the Caucasus. The ancient port of Dioscurias stood here, later known as Sebastopolis and Tskhumi. Its harbour connected the coast of Colchis with maritime trade across the sea. In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries Genoese merchants maintained a trading post and consul at the port, exchanging goods with the communities of the surrounding coast and hinterland.