Gremi Church and Fortress

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Gremi Church and Fortress is a historic 16th-century hilltop church-and-citadel complex in Georgia’s Kakheti region, notable for its distinctive medieval architecture and role as a former royal residence.

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Label Occurrences
Gremi Church and Fortress canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf church ⓘ
citadel complex ⓘ
fortress ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
access road from Telavi ⓘ
architecturalStyle ecclesiastical architecture ⓘ
medieval Georgian architecture ⓘ
builtInPeriod Kingdom of Kakheti ⓘ
category Castles in Georgia ⓘ
Churches in Georgia ⓘ
Fortifications in Georgia ⓘ
completionCentury 16th century ⓘ
constructionStartCentury 16th century ⓘ
country Georgia ⓘ
denomination Georgian Orthodox Church ⓘ
elevationType hilltop fortress ⓘ
hasFunction military defense ⓘ
place of worship ⓘ
hasPart Church of the Archangels ⓘ
bell tower ⓘ
citadel ⓘ
courtyard ⓘ
defensive walls ⓘ
gate tower ⓘ
palace ruins ⓘ
tower ⓘ
hasViewOf Alazani Valley vineyards ⓘ
heritageStatus cultural heritage monument of Georgia ⓘ
historicalRole political center of Kakheti ⓘ
residence of Kakhetian kings ⓘ
locatedIn Gremi ⓘ
Kakheti region ⓘ
linked to: Kakheti

eastern Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Georgia
locatedOn hilltop ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
nearbyFeature Alazani Valley ⓘ
linked to: Alazani River
notableFor distinctive medieval architecture ⓘ
hilltop location ⓘ
historic royal residence ⓘ
partOf historical town of Gremi ⓘ
region Caucasus ⓘ
regionCapitalNearby Telavi ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
tourism popular tourist attraction in Kakheti ⓘ
usedAs defensive stronghold ⓘ
religious center ⓘ
royal residence ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kakheti → contains → Gremi Church and Fortress ⓘ
Kvareli Municipality → hasCulturalHeritage → Gremi Church and Fortress ⓘ