Tmogvi Fortress
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30 April 2018
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19 December 2017
Tmogvi 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.
The name Tmogvi is derived from Georgian word mogvi (მოგვი), meaning "pagan priest" or magus. The fortress is first mentioned in sources from the 9th century. It was built as a defensive work controlling the ancient trade route between the Javakheti plateau and the gorge of Kura, over a gorge formed by the Kura River. It was a crucial military stronghold in the region of Javakheti. The feudal lords of the region were at that time the Bagratids, the Georgianbranch.
Tmogvi gained importance after the neighboring town and fortress of Tsunda was ruined around 900 AD. By the beginning of the 11th century, the fortress had passed under the direct control of the unified Kingdom of Georgia.
In 1073, it was given in apanage to the nobleman Niania Kuabulisdze; his descendants kept it in the following centuries, before it passed to other major feudal families such as the Toreli, the Mkhargrzeli, the Shalikashvili or the Jaqeli. In 1088, the castle collapsed in an earthquake. The medieval Georgian writer Sargis Tmogveli was from Tmogvi. The Ottoman Empire gained control of the fortress in 1578. In 1829, the Treaty of Adrianople transferred the fortress, among with the surrounding region, to the Russian Empire.
The castle of Tmogvi was built on top of a mountain high above the Kura river. It expands over 3 hills, joined and encircled by a wall (150 meters long, 3 meters wide), which supplements the natural defense offered by the cliffs. A number of towers was built on each hill. A secret tunnel connects the castle with the river to provide access to water even during a siege. The western part of the fortress is better preserved. A small number of buildings subsist inside the castle itself. A quadrangular building made of tuff on a basalt foundation is assumed to have been a church. Outside of the walls, on the western side, the church of Saint Ephrem subsists in ruined condition, with fragments of frescoes from the 13th century.response / report this review -
01 September 2017
Крепость почти разрушена. Идти к ней надо по хребту горы. Со стен крепости открывается великолепный вид на окружающую долину. Смотрите под ноги - есть глубокие, ничем не закрытые колодцы.
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27 April 2017
თმოგვის ციხე, ისტორიული ციხე-ქალაქი საქართველოში, ჯავახეთში, მდ. მტკვრის მარცხენა ნაპირზე (ახლანდელი ასპინძის მუნიციპალიტეტი, სოფელი თმოგვი). წყაროებში პირველად იხსენიება X საუკუნეში. კონტროლს უწევდა გზას, რომელიც წინა აზიიდან მტკვრის ხეობით საქართველოში შემოდიოდა. თმოგვის ციხის დაწინაურება უნდა დაწყებულიყო IX-X საუკუნეებში, ქ. წუნდის დაკნინების შემდეგ. X საუკუნეში არაბებმა სცადეს მისი აღება, მაგრამ უშედეგოდ. XI საუკუნის ქართველი ისტორიკოსი მოგვითხრობს, რომ 914 წელს არაბთა სარდალმა აბულ-კასიმმა აღმოსავლეთ საქართველო და სამცხეთ ჯავახეთი მოაოხრა. თმოგვსაც დაეცა.
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08 April 2017
Great place! Better to climb it from village.
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30 September 2016
Замок Тмогви очень круто место, рекомендую для посещения. Сверху открывается изумительный вид на долину.
Единственный минус - очень сложно добраться на самый верх без навыков скалолазания. Но думаю это к лучшему, меньше туристов, больше сохранность)response / report this review -
25 September 2016
Красивый замок!Очень впечатляет,когда проезжаешь мимо.Знакомые были внутри впечатлены.
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11 May 2016
it's a little hard to get to, but totally worth it. The ruins themselves are very impressive and the view from the top is magnificent.
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12 April 2016
Tmogvis fortress is a ruined fortress in the southern Georgian region of Samtskhe-Javakheti, on the left bank of the Mtkvari River
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