Nizhne-Arhyzskiy history-architectural and archaeological museum

Russia / Karacaj-Cherkessija / Storozhevaya /
 archaeological site, Medieval / Middle Ages, open air museum, interesting place
The archaeological site represents a medieval Alan settlement and contains some of the most ancient temples in territory of Russia. The medieval site dates to the 7th-14th centuries, and contains both pre-Christian and Christian religious structures. There are currently three churches (although two of them hold services only once a year), but the site contains the ruins of at least eleven more. It has been proposed that the Nizhnearkhyzskoe gorodishche is to be identified with the Alan capital Maghas.
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Coordinates:   43°41'17"N   41°28'44"E
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