Abuli megalith Fortress
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ruins, fortress, cultural heritage / national heritage, megalith, interesting place
The Abuli fortress (Georgian: აბულის ციხე, romanized: abulis tsikhe) is a Bronze Age megalithic structure formerly located in the first georgian kingdom of Diauehi, now in the Akhalkalaki Municipality in Georgia's southern region of Samtskhe-Javakheti. A cyclopean fort built using a dry masonry technique, it is located on the southern slope of Mount Patara Abuli, at an elevation of 2670 meters above sea level, in the Lesser Caucasus mountains, southeast of Paravani Lake The fortress is inscribed on the list of the Immovable Cultural Monuments of National Significance of Georgia
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuli_fortress
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Coordinates: 41°22'22"N 43°41'5"E
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- Tabakhmela 92 km
- Lake Lisi 96 km
- Ropeway Vake - Turtle Lake 97 km
- Mtatsminda Park 98 km
- Kala 100 km
- Aqua Park "Gino Paradise" 104 km
- Sabaduri Forest 117 km
- Ninotsminda District 5.4 km
- Lake Saghamo 8.7 km
- Lake Paravani 13 km
- Gilkhidag mt. 13 km
- Javakheti 15 km
- Samsari range 17 km
- Akhalkalaki District 22 km
- Javakheti Ridge 27 km
- Tsalka District 36 km
- Dmanisi District 40 km