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Location

  • Türkiye, Okumuşlar
  • geo:41.095398,41.912743

Period or year

  • post 800 / unknown

Classification

  • fort
  • Visible

Boselt-Shatberdi Castle

data access 30473

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

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Use and reuse

Creators: Entry created by Ludwinski (2016-12-11) , last updated by Ian Mladjov (2026-08-31), with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/30473
Data downloads: KML, RDF
Suggested citation: Ludwinski and Mladjov, I., Boselt-Shatberdi Castle. https://vici.org/vici/30473, accessed 2026-11-10.