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Gremi

Gremi is a 16th-century architectural complex in Kakheti, eastern Georgia, the remains of the royal town built by King Levan of Kakheti. Founded around 1565, it was a thriving town on the trade route between Persia and Russia until Shah Abbas I destroyed it in 1615–1616. Its surviving Church of the Archangels and royal tower stand on a hill above the Alazani valley.

Gremi
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Kingdom of Kakheti

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Gremi. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/gremi
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