Aradeti Fortress is a fortification complex of the 17-18th century Georgia in the village of Aradeti, Kareli Municipality, Shida Kartli region. Situated on the right bank of Prone River, the complex contains the fortress itself and a small church.
The hall church was firstly built in 1666 by Queen Mariam, which is written on the wall.[1][2] The fortress was presumably constructed around the church in the 18th century, when Georgia suffered from lezgins attacks. It was significantly destroyed and remained in ruins, before it was restored in 2020.[3]
Quadrangular in shape it has rounded four and five floor towers, will arrowslits and machicolationss.
^Zakaraya, P. (1983) Pamyatniki Vostochnoi Gruzii. Iskusstvo, Moskva, 376 p. [Zakaraya, P. Monuments of the Eastern Georgia](In Russian)
^Patrich, J. (2001) The Sabaite Heritage in the Orthodox Church from the Fifth Century to the Present. Leuven (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta, 98.) Uitgeverij Peeters en Departement Oosterse Studies, xviii + 463.
^В Шида Картли восстановили оборонительную крепость XVIII века
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