Anakopia Fortress

Anakopia Fortress is an ancient military citadel in in the disputed Abkhazia, located some 22 km by road along the coast from .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: ancient military citadel in New Athos, Georgia
  • Also known as: “Anacopia Fortress” and “Anacopia Fortress / Tracheia”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Iverian Mountain and New Athos Cave.

Peak
Photo: Halavar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
or Iberian Mountain is a 344-meter high hill in , , . There are ruins of the ancient capital of Abkhazia, Anakopia, on the mountain top.

Cave
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The also Novoafonskaya, Novy Afon Cave, or New Afon Cave is a karst in the in near the city of . is situated 460 metres south of Anakopia Fortress.

Monastery
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is a monastery in , municipality of , in a breakaway republic of . was founded in 1875 by monks who came from the in , with Mount Athos having been an important site for the Orthodox Church since 1054. is situated 1¼ km southeast of Anakopia Fortress.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Athos and Tsukwara.

Photo: Svetlana Grechkina, CC BY-SA 2.0.
or Akhali Atoni is a town in the Gudauta Municipality of situated some 22 km from Sokhumi by the shores of the . The town was previously known under the Greek names Nikopol, Acheisos, Anakopia, Nikopia, Nikofia, Nikopsis, Absara, and later Psyrtskha. is one of Abkhazia's tourist attractions.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 3½ km west of Anakopia Fortress.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 9 km west of Anakopia Fortress.

Anakopia Fortress

Latitude
43.09451° or 43° 5′ 40″ north
Longitude
40.80822° or 40° 48′ 30″ east
Elevation
295 metres (968 feet)
Open location code
8HM23RV5+R7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 87556679
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
12104430
Wiki­data ID
Q2026789
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Anakopia Fortress” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Անակոփիա ամրոց”
  • Armenian: “Անակոփիա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Anakopiya qalası”
  • Bashkir: “Анакопия ҡәлғәһе”
  • Basque: “Anakopiako gotorlekua”
  • Chinese: “阿納科皮亞要塞”
  • Dutch: “Anacopia Fortress”
  • Estonian: “Anakophia kindlus”
  • Georgian: “ანაკოფია”
  • German: “Festung Anacopia”
  • Italian: “Anacopia”
  • Japanese: “アナコピア要塞”
  • Russian: “Анакопийская крепость”
  • Spanish: “Anacopia”
  • Spanish: “Fortaleza de Anacopia”
  • Turkish: “Anakopya Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Анакопійська фортеця”

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