Tamar Fortress
Tamar Fortress is a ruins in Georgia. Tamar Fortress is situated nearby to the border checkpoint Border Crossing Point ‘Dariali’, as well as near the industrial building Dariali HPP.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Darial Gorge and Dariali HPP.
Darial Gorge
Gorge
The Darial Gorge is a river gorge on the border between Russia and Georgia. It is at the east base of Mount Kazbek, south of present-day Vladikavkaz. The gorge was carved by the river Terek, and is approximately 13 kilometres long.
Dariali HPP
Industrial building
Photo: Karel61, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dariali Hydropower Plant, referred to as Dariali HPP, is a 108 MW run-of-the-river hydropower plant built in 2017 in Georgia. It is located on the Tergi River in Kazbegi Municipality, at less than 1 km from the Russian-Georgian border, 160 km far from Tbilisi. Dariali HPP is situated 1 km southeast of Tamar Fortress.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gveleti and Verkhniy Lars.
Gveleti
Hamlet
Photo: პაატა შ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gveleti is a village in the Kazbegi Municipality of Georgia. It is located in the Darial Gorge, on the right bank of the Devdaraki, 4 km from the border with Russia. Gelatĕ was founded by the Ingush clan Gelatkhoy. Gveleti is situated 3½ km south of Tamar Fortress.
Verkhniy Lars
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Verkhniy Lars is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km north of Tamar Fortress.
Kazbegi
Photo: MaxBenidze, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Stepantsminda is a town in the north of Georgia, popular for the trekking opportunities in the visually spectacular surrounding mountains, its views of the mighty Mount Kazbeg, and for the beautiful view from the town of the Holy Trinity Church outlined against Mount Kazbeg itself.
Tamar Fortress
- Type: Ruins
- Category: historic site
- Location: Georgia, Caucasus, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.73813° or 42° 44′ 17″ northLongitude
44.62574° or 44° 37′ 33″ eastOpen location code
8HJ6PJQG+77OpenStreetMap ID
node 2301363547OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruins
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In Other Languages
“Tamar Fortress” goes by many names.
- Georgian: “თამარის ციხე”
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