Tsitsamuri

Tsitsamuri (Georgian: წიწამური) 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.

Tsitsamuri წიწამური
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Coordinates: 41°51′39″N 44°43′57″E
Country	Georgia
Region	Mtskheta-Mtianeti
Municipality	Mtskheta
Elevation	488 m (1,601 ft)
Population  (2014)
• Total	124
Time zone	UTC+4 (Georgian Time)

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

See also

• Mtskheta-Mtianeti

References

1. Melikishvili, Giorgi et al. (1970), საქართველოს ისტორიის ნარკვევები (Studies in the History of Georgia), Vol. 1. Tbilisi: Sabch’ota Sakartvelo. (in Georgian)
2. Kacharava, D. Archaeology in Georgia 1980-1990 (Post-Prehistoric to Pre-Mediaeval). Archaeological Reports, No. 37 (1990 - 1991), pp. 79-86.