Jikhashkari

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Jikhashkari (Georgian: ჯიხაშკარი), also spelled Djikhasjkari, is a mountainous village in the Zugdidi District of Georgia’s Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region. It sits in the Chanistsqali river gorge. In the 18th century, the Jikhashkari fortress was an important trading post on the Black Sea Silk Road in the historic Odishi region. The fortress had a citadel on a mountaintop and a lower fortress connected to a large courtyard. The Summer Palace of the Dadiani rulers, who governed Samegrelo, used to be here.