Nokalakevi

Nokalakevi, also known as Archaeopolis, (Georgian: ნოქალაქევი, Greek Αρχαιόπολις, literally meaning "ancient town") is a village and archaeological site in the Senaki municipality, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region, Georgia. Nestled by the picturesque river Tekhuri, on the northern edge of the Colchian plain in Samegrelo, western Georgia, lie the impressive ruins of Nokalakevi. Occupying some 20ha, the site was known to early Byzantine historians as Archaeopolis, and to the neighbouring Georgian (Kartlian) chroniclers as Tsikhegoji, or the fortress of Kuji — a semi-mythical Colchian ruler or 'Eristavi'. The fortress is located 15 km from the modern town of Senaki on the Martvili road, and would have commanded an important crossing point of...