Sakire Fortress (Region of Samtskhe-Javakheti)
Sakire Fortress (Gujari) (Georgian: საკირის (გუჯრის) ციხე ) – The fortress is built on the top of a high rocky mountain, southeast of the village of Sakire, at the confluence of two rivers – Sakirestskali (Georgian: საკირესწყალი) and Gujriskhevi (Georgian: გუჯრისხევი). The walls of the early medieval castle, preserved in fragments, are located at different levels of the rock relief and it is almost impossible to imagine the original appearance of the monument. The height in some places reaches 5-6 meters, the thickness is 2 meters. Fragments The defensive complex is made of roughly processed rock and is located on three levels.
The southern level of the fortress is the lowest and is surrounded by a stone wall. The second, northern level is also surrounded by a stone wall. On the third level, a square citadel tower was erected. Between the western walls of the fortress and the southern walls of the citadel, a church was built, which must be of an early period. In the territory adjacent to the fortress, there are remains of a late medieval settlement with an area of ​​6,000 square meters, which have preserved a significant number of buildings erected using dry masonry. From a strategic point of view, the Sakire fortress occupied a convenient location and could control a fairly large territory.
Sakire village (Georgian: სოფელი საკირე), Borjomi Municipality (Georgian: ბორჯომის მუნიციპალიტეტი)