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Location:

  • Türkiye, Okumuşlar
  • geo:41.095398,41.912743
  • Exact location

Period or year:

  • post 800 / unknown

Class:

  • Castle
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=30473

Annotations

The castle of Boselt, also called Shatberdi, was probably built in the 9th century by the local Georgian princes. It overlooks the Shatberdi monastery.


Nearby

Roman Bridge (9 km)

Roman Bridge

Ferhatli (9 km)

Ferhatli

Ardanuç ( Gevhernik )Kalesi (12 km)

Gevhernik Castle was probably built in the 5th century by Vakhtang I, King of Caucasian Iberia (an ancient country in present-day Georgia and Turkey). In 744 the castle was besieged by the Ummayad Caliph Marwan II. Later that century it was restored by th


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