Tsitsamuri

Tsitsamuri () is a small village outside Mtskheta, Georgia. It is known as the place where the nation's famous writer and poet, Ilia Chavchavadze, was assassinated in 1907.

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Locality: წიწამური
Region: მცხეთა-მთიანეთი
Country: საქართველო
Population: 0

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Settlement.official_name: Tsitsamuri
Settlement.native_name: წიწამური
Settlement.image_skyline: Mount Zedazeni.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Georgia Mtskheta-Mtianeti#Georgia (country)
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Georgia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name: 25px Georgia
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Mtskheta-Mtianeti
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Mtskheta
Settlement.population_as_of: 2014
Settlement.population_total: 124
Settlement.timezone: Georgian Time
Settlement.utc_offset: +4
Settlement.elevation_m: 488

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Official name: წიწამური
Country: Georgia (country)
Located in: Mtskheta Municipality
Official language: Georgian
Population: 124
Elevation: 488
Time zone: UTC+04:00

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postal code: 3311
native label: წიწამური

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Tsitsamuri () is a small village outside Mtskheta, Georgia. It is known as the place where the nation's famous writer and poet, Ilia Chavchavadze, was assassinated in 1907.

Near Tsitsamuri (identified as the Seusamora of Strabo) a ruined acropolis of ancient Iberia was unearthed by the archaeologist Andria Apakidze in 1953. It is to be identified with the Zaden-tsikhe (ზადენციხე), i.e., "the fortress of Zaden" of the medieval Georgian chronicles. This fortress and a possible pagan temple was overlooked by Mount Zedazeni ("Upper Zaden") where later a Christian monastery was built. A necropolis of the 1st century BC / 2nd century AD was brought to light early in the 1980s; a bronze batillum and an Italic oenochoe were among the finds.

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