Gonio Fortress or Gonio-Apsaros Fortress is located 12 kilometres south of Batumi, on the left bank of the river Chorokhi. It is the site of one of the oldest Georgian settlements that was located around the fortress, and a location with unique strategic importance. It protected the entra […]
Rukhi fortress - This large fortress is the first monument to greet you as you enter Samegrelo, since it stands on the left bank of the Enguri River as you cross over from Abkhazia. It was buih by Levan II Dadiani in 1636, and withstood ever)' siege for nearly 100 years. Finally, the Turk […]
The Middle Ages look down the earth through fantastic grandeur of Surami Fortress, set on a high rock on the left bank of the Suramula River in the northern part of the town of Surami, Khashuri Municipality, Shida Kartli. Nobody knows what create the legendary mightiness of its walls – th […]
Chakvinji Fortress - If you have a walk in the foothills of Samegrelo, on the right bank of the River Chanistskali, you will come across Village Jikhashkari. At first sight, it is a typical Megrelian settlement packed with wooden houses, neat and hospitable. However, the traveler feelin […]
Tsinandali Palace, House Museum of Alexander Chavchavadze - A center of intellectual life, the house served as a salon for exiled Decembrists and Mikhail Lermontov, together with members of his regiment, the Nizhegorodsky Dragoons, whose headquarters were nearby. The house is mentioned in […]
Ujarma Fortress city - According to 11th-century historian Leonti Mroveli, Ujarma was founded by King Aspagur of Iberia (Kartli) at the close of the 3rd c. Under King Mirian (first half of the 4th c) the fortress-town Ujarma became a royal appanage. Ujarma’s fate was unique. One of the th […]
“North of Ujarma and east of the Iori, stands Bochorma fortress. From Bochorma to Ujarma there is a strong, mountainous, rocky valley, which used to be covered with buildings and churches. And Bochorma was built by the wife of Kartlos, who gave it the name Dedatsikhe (Mother or Main Fortr […]
Kvetera Fortress - is located in Ilto gorge, on top of the range, in a distance of some 36 km from the sity of Telavi. Heaving been a central point of once large and well-fortified settlement, it is a rather interesting monument, but from the point of the church architecture a small domed […]
Alaverdi Monastery - “… above the Shtori Khevi, west of Alazani, over the plain of Kakheti mountain slope, there stands Alaverdi, a large construction with outer walls, palaces and a dome…It was built by a saint father Ioseb and made it Saint George’s monastery, and he is buried there him […]
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