Kelasuri wall Photo: Kelasuri wall

Kelasuri wall, located a few kilometers from the city of Sukhumi, on the left coast of the river Celsur held in a ruined fortification, stretching from the river Celsur the mountains and gorges of Abkhazia until the river Ingur. The total length of the wall is 160 km and the height is 4 m.

The people there are some legends associated with the creation Kelasuri wall. According to one of them, the wall was erected in the XVII article Megrelian Prince Levan II Dadiani as a defensive structure to protect troops from Abkhazian rulers. Some scholars, relying on the extant written sources, believe that the wall was erected in the VI century during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian, to protect against invasions of tribes from the North Caucasus. And Levan II Dadiani just finished building a wall in the XVII century in spite of all these allegations and conjecture historians and scientists are still not agreed on the exact date of construction of the great Abkhazian wall.

The construction Kelasuri wall began with the construction Kelasuri towers, some remains can be seen with the Eastern boundary of the city of Sukhumi, the mouth of the river Celsur. Karasunskaya tower is quite a massive structure, built of boulders held together with mortar made of limestone.

Most facilities have on the wall, stretching from the mouth of the river Celsur to the river is a complete. 60 km was built more than 200 towers, of which about 100 are in good condition, and the others are ruins. The distance between the towers of 40-120 m.

Of course, until today Kelasuri wall are unable to persist. However, there are some areas that do come to these times, and thanks to them you can imagine all the past greatness of this building.

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Kelasuri wall
Annunciation Cathedral
Comana monastery
Dranda Cathedral
The house with a clock (city administration Building)
The ruins of the Sukhum fortress of Dioscuri
Castle ruins of Bagrati
Sukhumi Cape and the lighthouse
The Sukhumi monkey nursery
Basla bridge
Botanical garden
Abkhazian state Museum
Abkhazian state art gallery