Tsunda ( ka, წუნდა) is an ancient city, administrative and religious center of the historical province
Javakheti
Javakheti ( ka, ჯავახეთი ) or Javakhk ( hy, Ջավախք, ''Javakhk'') is a historical province in southern Georgia, corresponding to the modern municipalities of Akhalkalaki, Aspindza (partly), Ninotsminda, and partly to the Turk ...
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Georgia
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. The city is mentioned in the chronicles. Tsunda served as the summer residence of kings and was the seat of the bishop in the end of the 5th century.
[Закарая, П. (1983) Памятники Восточной Грузии. Искусство, Москва, 376 с. akaraya, P. Monuments of Eastern GeorgiaIn Russian)] No ancient remnant present. The only buildings include the
Tsunda Church of the 12-13th century and the 19th century
caravanserai. After the decline of Tsunda, new feudal city-fortress
Tmogvi grew on the opposite, left bank of
Mtkvari River
The Kura is an east-flowing river south of the Greater Caucasus Mountains which drains the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus east into the Caspian Sea. It also drains the north side of the Lesser Caucasus while its main tributary, the Ar ...
.
See also
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Tmogvi
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Tsunda Church
References
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Javakheti
Former cities in Georgia (country)