Gonio
Gonio is a Roman fortification in Adjara, Georgia, on the Black Sea, 15 km south of Batumi, at the mouth of the Chorokhi river. The village sits 4 km north of the Turkish border.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: კოლხი, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Giorgi Balakhadze, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Quarter
- Description: fortress
- Also known as: “Apsaros”, “Apsaruntos”, “Apsarus”, and “Sovkhoz Gonio”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gonio and Kvariati.
Gonio
Quarter
Photo: Sigara Icelmez, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gonio is a settlement south of Batumi, in the Gonio-Kvariati district of the city. It is located on the left side of the river Chorokhi. Gonio is one of the popular Black Sea resorts in Georgia.
Kvariati
Quarter
Photo: George Kvizhinadze, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kvariati is a village in Georgia, situated on the eastern coast of the Black Sea. It is part of the municipal area of Batumi since 2011 and a seaside resort, visited annually by Georgians and many former Soviet Union residents.
Sarpi
Photo: Giorgi Balakhadze, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sarpi is a Georgian village on the Black sea in Southwestern Georgia right on the border with Turkey.
Gonio
- Categories: castrum, archaeological site, cultural property, and locality
- Location: Georgia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
41.56697° or 41° 34′ 1″ northLongitude
41.57288° or 41° 34′ 22″ eastElevation
9 metres (30 feet)Open location code
8HH3HH8F+Q5OpenStreetMap ID
way 79594309OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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In Other Languages
From Abkhazian to Western Armenian—“Gonio” goes by many names.
- Abkhazian: “Гониотәи абаа”
- Albanian: “Gonio (kala)”
- Albanian: “Gonio”
- Armenian: “Գոնիոյի բերդ”
- Azerbaijani: “Qonio Apsar”
- Bashkir: “Гонио ҡәлғәһе”
- Basque: “Gonio gotorlekua”
- Catalan: “Fortalesa de Gonio”
- Czech: “Gonio”
- Dutch: “Gonio”
- Esperanto: “Gonio”
- Finnish: “Gonio”
- French: “forteresse de Gonio”
- French: “Forteresse de Gonio”
- Georgian: “აფსაროსის არქიტექტურულ-არქეოლოგიური კომპლექსი”
- Georgian: “გონიოს ციხე”
- German: “Festung Gonio”
- German: “Kastell Apsaros”
- Greek: “Άψαρος”
- Greek: “Άψυρτος”
- Greek: “Φρούριο Γκόνιο”
- Hebrew: “גוניו”
- Italian: “Gonio”
- Japanese: “ゴニオ”
- Korean: “고니오”
- Latvian: “Gonio cietoksnis”
- Polish: “Gonio”
- Portuguese: “Fortaleza de Gônio”
- Portuguese: “Gonio”
- Russian: “Гонио-Апсаросская крепость”
- Russian: “Гонио”
- Russian: “Крепость Гонио-Апсар”
- Russian: “Крепость Гонио”
- Spanish: “Fortaleza de Gonio”
- Spanish: “Gonio”
- Turkish: “Gonio Kalesi”
- Turkish: “Gönye Kalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Ґоніо-Апсарос (фортеця-музей)”
- Ukrainian: “Гоніо-Апсароська фортеця”
- Western Armenian: “Կոնիոյի Բերդ”
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