Okros Tsikhe

Okros Tsikhe
ოქროს ციხე
Adigeni Municipality, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia
Okros Tsikhe
Okros Tsikhe is located in Georgia
Okros Tsikhe
Okros Tsikhe
Coordinates41°42′30″N 42°45′45″E / 41.708438°N 42.762623°E / 41.708438; 42.762623 (Okros Tsikhe)
TypeFortress
Official nameOkros Tsikhe
DesignatedNovember 7, 2006; 18 years ago (2006-11-07)
Reference no.293
Item Number in Cultural Heritage Portal9079
Date of entry in the registryOctober 3, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-10-03)

Okros Tsikhe (Georgian: ოქროს ციხე, literally, "the golden fortress") is a medieval fortress in the Adigeni Municipality, in Georgia's southern region of Samtskhe-Javakheti, north of the village of Shoqa. It is located in the historical Kvabliani valley, on an inaccessible rocky mount. The fortress featured prominently in the Georgian–Ottoman encounters of the 16th century and was also known by the Turkish equivalent of its name, Altunkal'a. In 2007, Okros Tsikhe was inscribed on the list of Georgia's Immovable Cultural Monuments of National Significance.[1]

  1. ^ "List of Immovable Cultural Monuments" (PDF) (in Georgian). National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia. Retrieved 2 July 2019.