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Samshvilde

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Gabriel Mckee
Contributors: Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified Dec 06, 2025 09:04 AM — History
Fortified settlement in southern Georgia. The Samshvilde site is one of the oldest cities in Georgia, with remains from the Bronze Age Kura-Araxes Culture. Samshvilde was an important city in the late antique and medieval periods until it was sacked in 1440 by Jahan Shah; it went in decline but was inhabited as late as the 18th-19th centuries. The site includes a number of structures, including an 11th-13th century citadel, several early medieval churches, homes, and burial grounds.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/971703786

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Gabriel Mckee, Sean Gillies, and Tom Elliott, 'Samshvilde: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/971703786> [accessed: 14 December 2025] 

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