Parnaki I

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Nino Bagrationi
Giorgi Bagrationi
Giorgi Bagrationi
Gia Shervashidze

Parnaki preserves two complexes, namely Kiz Kalesi and Oglan Lalesi, meaning a maiden’s castle and a boy’s castle respectively.

Olhan Kalesi lies on a hill. The walls of the fortress follow the landscape and span a long, narrow area. At the middle point of the fortress are located church ruins the walls of which can be seen from the motorway. On plan, it resembles a hall-type church but according to the findings of the expedition led by Takaishvili, a domed church of kuppelhalle type stood on this site.

The church was bulit of small reddish stone. It has been proposed that the church was bulit in the 9th century. However, 14th-15th century has also been proposed.

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