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Samshvilde

a Pleiades place resource

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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.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/971703786

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
41.5066814922, 44.5040401917

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of სამშვილდე (Samshvilde) (4000 BC - AD 1923) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Geographic Names:
- სამშვილდე (Samsvhilde: Georgian, modern)

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Samshvilde receives connections from:

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Place type:
settlement

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Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Gabriel Mckee, 'Samshvilde: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2019 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/971703786> [accessed: 19 April 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/971703786 |title=Places: 971703786 (Samshvilde) |author=Mckee, G. |accessdate=April 19, 2024 8:40 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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