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  • Shkhepi Fortress

  • Shkhepi Fortress

    Shkhepi Fortress is a medieval fortress located in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region in western Georgia. It is built in the early Middle Ages (4th or 5th century AD).
    Archaeological Site
    Shkhepi Fortress
    by ლიკა აბრალავა, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
    Shkhepi Fortress
    by ლიკა აბრალავა, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
    Shkhepi Fortress
    by ლიკა აბრალავა, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 155 m

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    Shkhepi Fortress

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    fortification

    Castles and Fortresses

    Location

    Georgia

    Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti

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    Early Middle Ages

    Georgian

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    Georgian Monuments

     

     

     

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