Q'ueli fortress/Kol (Kuvel) Kalesi

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Q'ueli () or Q'uelis-tsikhe (ყუელისციხე, "fortress of Q'ueli") was a medieval Georgian fortress atop the homonymous mountain of the Arsiani Range (Yalnızçam Dağları), now within the boundaries of Turkey, where it is known as Kol Kalesi or Kuvel Kalesi. Kol Kalesi ve Kol Zaferinin Tarihçesi. Posof.gov.tr. 24 Haziran 2010. Retrieved December 17, 2011. Its Georgian name is alternatively transliterated as Qveli, Kveli, K'veli, Qvelis-ts'ikhe or Qvelis-c'ixe.Toumanoff, Cyril (1963). Studies in Christian Caucasian History, pp. 492-495. Georgetown University Press. First appearing in the early 10th-century Georgian sources, Q'ueli was one of the principal fortifications of the province of Samtskhe until being conquered by the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century. Read more on Wikipedia

type: military structure
date from: None

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