Fortress of Tandzoti (Region of Speri)
Fortress of Tandzoti (Georg. ტანძოთის ციხე) – located in the Georgian historical region Speri (Georg. სპერი), northeast of the village of Tandzoti (Georg. ტანძოთი), on a hard-to-reach rock, on the territory of modern Turkey. The fortress is almost completely destroyed and only small fragments of it have survived. A completely unknown castle was recently explored by an expedition of Georgian students
The fortress is surrounded by a double wall. The walls are up to 1 meter high, built of well-worked stones, using masonry mortar. A rectangular hole cut in the rock was found on the territory of the castle, which, most likely, was a reservoir for water. On the inner territory there is also a once quite large church, destroyed to the level of the foundation. Scattered nearby are polished Shirimi stones and parts of pilasters used in the construction of the church.
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