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List of fortifications in Georgia (country)

Index List of fortifications in Georgia (country)

There are over 100 castles and forts in Georgia, which were constructed between the years 800 and 1700 by various provincial kings. [1]

42 relations: Akhaltsikhe, Alazani, Ananuri, Aragvi River, Atskuri Fortress, Bakhtrioni, Birtvisi, Borjomi, Castle, Curtain wall (fortification), Duchy of Aragvi, Duke, Gagi Fortress, Georgia (country), Gori Fortress, Gori, Georgia, Gremi, House of Jaqeli, Kakheti, Keselo, Khertvisi, Khevsureti, Kura (Caspian Sea), Marneuli, Meskheti, Mutso, Narikala, Omalo, Ottoman Empire, Oxford University Press, Poti, Province, Rabati Castle, Redoubt Kali, Research on Armenian Architecture, Robert W. Thomson, Samtskhe atabegate, Tbilisi, Tetritsqaro Municipality, Tmogvi, Tusheti, United Nations.

Akhaltsikhe

Akhaltsikhe (ახალციხე, literally "new castle"; formerly known as Lomsia) is a small city in Georgia's southwestern region (mkhare) of Samtskhe-Javakheti.

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Alazani

The Alazani (ალაზანი, Qanıx) is a river that flows through the Caucasus.

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Ananuri

Ananuri is a castle complex on the Aragvi River in Georgia, about from Tbilisi.

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Aragvi River

The Aragvi River (არაგვი) and its basin are in Georgia on the southern slopes of the Caucasus Mountains.

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Atskuri Fortress

Atskuri (აწყურის ციხე) is a Georgian feudal fortress on the right bank of the Mtkvari (Kura) River, approximately 30 kilometres from Borjomi, in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region.

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Bakhtrioni

Bakhtrioni (ბახტრიონი, bɑχtʼrɪɔnɪ) is a ruined 17th-century fortress in the eastern Georgian region of Kakheti, on the left bank of the Alazani river near its confluence with the Ilto.

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Birtvisi

Birtvisi (ბირთვისი) is a ruined medieval fortress in Kvemo Kartli, Georgia, nested within limestone cliffs in the Algeti river gorge.

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Borjomi

Borjomi (ბორჯომი) is a resort town in south-central Georgia with a population of 10,546.

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Castle

A castle (from castellum) is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages by predominantly the nobility or royalty and by military orders.

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Curtain wall (fortification)

A curtain wall is a defensive wall between two towers (bastions) of a castle, fortress, or town.

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Duchy of Aragvi

The Duchy of Aragvi (არაგვის საერისთავო) was an important fiefdom in medieval and early modern Georgia, strategically located in the upper Aragvi valley, in the foothills of the eastern Greater Caucasus crest, and ruled by a succession of eristavi ("dukes") from c. 1380 until being transferred to the royal crown in 1747.

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Duke

A duke (male) or duchess (female) can either be a monarch ruling over a duchy or a member of royalty or nobility, historically of highest rank below the monarch.

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Gagi Fortress

Gagi, also known as Aghjakala, is a historic fortress in Marneuli district, Kvemo Kartli, Georgia.

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Georgia (country)

Georgia (tr) is a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia.

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Gori Fortress

Gori Fortress (გორის ციხე, "Goris Tsikhe") is a medieval citadel in Georgia, standing above the city of Gori on a rocky hill.

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Gori, Georgia

Gori (გორი) is a city in eastern Georgia, which serves as the regional capital of Shida Kartli and the centre of the homonymous administrative district.

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Gremi

Gremi (გრემი) is a 16th-century architectural monument – the royal citadel and the Church of the Archangels – in Kakheti, Georgia.

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House of Jaqeli

The House of Jaqeli (ჯაყელი) was a Georgian princely (mtavari) family and a ruling dynasty of the Principality of Samtskhe, an offshoot of the House of Chorchaneli.

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Kakheti

Kakheti (კახეთი) is a region (Georgian: Mkhare) formed in the 1990s in eastern Georgia from the historical province of Kakheti and the small, mountainous province of Tusheti.

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Keselo

Keselo (კესელო) is a small medieval fortress just above the village of Omalo in Tusheti (historic geographic area in eastern Georgia).

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Khertvisi

Khertvisi fortress (ხერთვისის ციხე) is one of the oldest fortresses in Georgia and was functional throughout the Georgian feudal period.

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Khevsureti

Khevsureti (Georgian: ხევსურეთი, a land of valleys) is a historical-ethnographic region in eastern Georgia.

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Kura (Caspian Sea)

The Kura (Kura; Kür; მტკვარი, Mt’k’vari; Կուր, Kur; Κῦρος, Cyrus; کوروش, Kuruš) is an east-flowing river south of the Greater Caucasus Mountains which drains the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus east into the Caspian Sea.

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Marneuli

Marneuli is a small city in the Kvemo Kartli region of southern Georgia and administrative center of Marneuli District that borders neighboring Azerbaijan and Armenia.

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Meskheti

Meskheti (მესხეთი), also known as Samtskhe (სამცხე), is in a mountainous area of Moschia in southwestern Georgia.

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Mutso

Mutso (მუცო) is a small village in Georgia.

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Narikala

Narikala (ნარიყალა) is an ancient fortress overlooking Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, and the Kura River.

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Omalo

Omalo (ომალო) is a principal village in the historical region of Tusheti, Georgia.

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Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire (دولت عليه عثمانیه,, literally The Exalted Ottoman State; Modern Turkish: Osmanlı İmparatorluğu or Osmanlı Devleti), also historically known in Western Europe as the Turkish Empire"The Ottoman Empire-also known in Europe as the Turkish Empire" or simply Turkey, was a state that controlled much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia and North Africa between the 14th and early 20th centuries.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.

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Poti

Poti (ფოთი; Mingrelian: ფუთი; Laz: ჶაში/Faşi or ფაში/Paşi) is a port city in Georgia, located on the eastern Black Sea coast in the region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti in the west of the country.

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Province

A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state.

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Rabati Castle

Rabati Castle (რაბათის ციხე) is a fortress in Akhaltsikhe, Georgia.

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Redoubt Kali

Redoubt Kali (რედუტ-კალე) was a Russian fort on the east coast of the Black Sea.

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Research on Armenian Architecture

History Research on Armenian Architecture (RAA) NGO (Foundation since 2010) was established in Aachen, Germany, in 1982 by Dr.

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Robert W. Thomson

Robert William Thomson (born 24 March 1934, Cheam, London UK) is retired Calouste Gulbenkian Professor of Armenian Studies at Oxford University.

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Samtskhe atabegate

The Samtskhe Atabegate or Samtskhe-Saatabago (სამცხე-საათაბაგო), also called the Principality of Samtskhe (სამცხის სამთავრო), was a Georgian feudal principality ruled by an atabeg (tutor) of Georgia between 1268 and 1625.

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Tbilisi

Tbilisi (თბილისი), in some countries also still named by its pre-1936 international designation Tiflis, is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million people.

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Tetritsqaro Municipality

Tetritskaro (თეთრიწყაროს მუნიციპალიტეტი, Tetrićqaros Municiṕaliťeťi) is a district of Georgia, in the region of Kvemo Kartli.

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Tmogvi

Tmogvi (თმოგვი) is a ruined fortress in the southern Georgian region of Samtskhe-Javakheti, on the left bank of the Kura River, a few kilometers downstream of the cave city of Vardzia.

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Tusheti

Tusheti (თუშეთი) is an historic region in northeast Georgia.

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United Nations

The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization tasked to promote international cooperation and to create and maintain international order.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fortifications_in_Georgia_(country)

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