Kldekari Fortress

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Kldekari Fortress
Georgian: კლდეკარის ციხესიმაგრე
Near Manglisi in Georgia
Kldekari Fortress.
Kldekari Fortress
Coordinates	41°44′33″N 44°12′33″E / 41.74250°N 44.20917°E / 41.74250; 44.20917
Type	fortress
Site information
Open to the public	yes
Condition	ruins

Kldekari Fortress (Georgian: კლდეკარის ციხესიმაგრე) is a historical fortress in Georgia, Trialeti, on a rocky peak of Trialeti Range near spa town Manglisi, Tetritsqaro Municipality. From here you can see the area around the south, Tsalka and Manglisi, as well as the north - river Tanis and Tedzmi Valleys. The fortress ruins are currently preserved. It was located at an important crossroads, where a molten rock formed an exit; the name Kldekari means the rock door.^[1]

Kldekari Fortress was built after the Argveti feudal lord Liparit I Baghvashi in IX century moved to Trialeti in the 70s. For the next two centuries it was the center of Kldekari Saeristavo. Unable to cope with the growing political power of the Liparitids, the Georgian royal government seized Kldekari Fortress several times.^{[2] [3]}