Location: Georgia, the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia,   Kelasuri wall – (great wall of Abkhazia) is a stone wall located to the east of Sokhumi.

Date of built: 6th-16th centuries.

Historical-architectural   description:  Kelasuri wall, “great wall of Abkhazia” – most of the fortifications are located in the western part of the wall between Kelasuri and Mokvi rivers.

In the Georgian Historical Writings, Kelasuri wall  was mentioned by the writer  Juansher as a great wall of Abkhazia.  In  the 8th century,  it  is referred to as “the fence of the Klisuri”, which was built on the Black Sea coast from the North Caucasus, standing on the one of the most important routes in the North Caucasus, leading directly to the Black Sea coast.

From the end of the 8th  century, after the formation of the kingdom of the Abkhazian, the fence lost its significance and gradually collapsed. Its remains did not reach us.

Levan II Dadiani  built it between 1628 and 1653 to protect his fiefdom from the Abkhaz feudal. The fortification’s total length is 60 km.  Which begins near the mouth of  Kelasuri  river where the ruins of a large tower remained. It goes to the east crossing Kodori river near Tsebelda, then passes near Tkvarcheli and terminates near the village of Lekukhona on the right bank of Enguri.

Kelasuri wall was not continuous as its builders made use of natural obstacles such as steep slopes and gorges.  The Kelasuri wall consists of  towers  and  all of them  are rectangular. Levan II Dadiani implemented special measures to protect the Kelassuri wall. For example, every feudal (cleric or secular) was obliged to defend the wall  for one month with his riders. After the death of  Levan II Dadiani, Kelasuri wall  was abandoned  by the riders. When the Abkhaz  feudal spread the power to the Enguri river, the Kelasuri wall lost its function.

Current condition: The territory is currently occupied by Russia, because of which it is impossible to study the current condition and to conduct the suitable works.