Caucasus
Georgia
Samtskhe-Javakheti

Tmogvi

Tmogvi or Tmkaberd is a ruined fortress and medieval town in the southern region of Samtskhe-Javakheti, on the left bank of the Kura River, a few kilometers downstream of the cave city of .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Medieval fortress in Georgia
  • Also known as: “Margastani”, “Margistan”, “Tmogvi Fortress”, and “Tmogvistsikhe”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tsunda Church and Ruins of Kumurdo Cathedral.

Church
Photo: Serafita, Public domain.
is a church in Tsunda, near Tmogvi fortress in the region of . is situated 2 km northeast of Tmogvi.

Church
Kumurdo Cathedral is a Georgian Orthodox Cathedral. It is situated on Javakheti Plateau, 12 km southwest from . According to the inscriptions on the walls, written with the ancient Georgian writing of Asomtavruli, the Kumurdo Cathedral was built by Ioane the Bishop during the reign of king of the Abkhazians Leon III in 964. is situated 3 km east of Tmogvi.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nakalakevi and Vardzia.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Tmogvi.

Photo: M Blissett, CC BY-SA 4.0.
a cave monastery site in Georgia, on the slopes of the Erusheti Mountain in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region of Georgia next to the border with Turkey.

Village
is a village in of Samtskhe-Javakheti region, the . Situated at the confluence of the rivers Mtkvari and Paravani, the village was set on a number of terraces. is situated 9 km north of Tmogvi.

Tmogvi

Latitude
41.39577° or 41° 23′ 45″ north
Longitude
43.31646° or 43° 18′ 59″ east
Elevation
1,248 metres (4,094 feet)
Open location code
8HH598W8+8H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 123899444
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
611617
Wiki­data ID
Q3646287
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Turkish—“Tmogvi” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Թմբկաբերդ”
  • Armenian: “Թմկաբերդ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Tmoqvi qalası”
  • Azerbaijani: “Tmoqvi”
  • Bashkir: “Тмогви (ҡәлғә)”
  • Bashkir: “Тмогви”
  • Basque: “Tmogvi gotorlekua”
  • Belarusian: “Крэпасць Тмогві”
  • Catalan: “Fortalesa de Tmogvi”
  • Croatian: “Tmogvi”
  • Czech: “Tmogvi”
  • Czech: “Tmok”
  • Czech: “Tmuk”
  • Czech: “Тmkaberd”
  • French: “Tmogvi”
  • Georgian: “Tmogvi”
  • Georgian: “თმოგვი”
  • Georgian: “თმოგვის ციხე”
  • Greek: “Τμόγκβι”
  • Portuguese: “Tmogvi”
  • Russian: “Тмкаберд”
  • Russian: “Тмогви”
  • Russian: “Тмок”
  • Slovenian: “Tmogvi”
  • Spanish: “Fortaleza de Tmogvi”
  • Spanish: “Tmogvi”
  • Turkish: “Tmogvi Kalesi”
  • Turkish: “Tmogvi”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tmogvi”. Photo: Gegart, CC BY-SA 3.0.