Ambrolauri
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Ambrolauri (Georgian: ამბროლაური) is a town in western Georgia which serves as a regional capital of Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti and the center of the homonymous district. As of the 2002 census, it had a population of 2,500.
Ambrolauri is known from the 17th century when it served as one of the residences of the kings of Imereti. Of this royal complex, only the ruins of a church and a tower have survived. In 1769, the Imeretian king Solomon I granted this locale to the prince Zurab Machabeli who erected a "Machabeli tower" there. Ambrolauri was officially granted the status of town in 1966. It was damaged by the 1991 Racha earthquake.
Ambrolauri is known from the 17th century when it served as one of the residences of the kings of Imereti. Of this royal complex, only the ruins of a church and a tower have survived. In 1769, the Imeretian king Solomon I granted this locale to the prince Zurab Machabeli who erected a "Machabeli tower" there. Ambrolauri was officially granted the status of town in 1966. It was damaged by the 1991 Racha earthquake.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrolauri
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 42°31'7"N 43°8'42"E
- Tbilisi 142 km
- Sochi 365 km
- Krasnodar 469 km
- Samsun Metropolitan Municipality 604 km
- Rostov-on-Don 615 km
- Volgograd 713 km
- Makiivka 757 km
- Luhansk 760 km
- Donetsk 760 km
- Dnipro 938 km
- Itsa Commune 3.2 km
- Znakva Commune 4.4 km
- Tsesi Commune 5.7 km
- Khotevi Commune 6.6 km
- Bugeuli Commune 9 km
- Ambrolauri District 9 km
- Velevi Commune 10 km
- Sadmeli Commune 12 km
- Namanevi Commune 14 km
- Khvantchkara Commune 15 km