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Besleti Bridge
The Besleti Bridge () also known as the Queen Tamar's Bridge () is a medieval arched stone bridge at Sukhumi, Georgia’s breakaway republic of Abkhazia.
Located some 6 km from the city centre, the bridge spans the small mountain River Besletka, and dates back to the late 12th century. Thirty-five meters in overall length (the arch itself is 13.3 m) and eight meters high, this single-arch bridge is one of the most illustrative examples of the medieval bridge design
Abkhazia early in the 1990s. In the vicinity of the bridge are the ruins of medieval combat towers, a testimony to strategic importance of the locale.
Bridge of Besleti has been given the status of national importance monument.
Sources.
- Tsitsishvili, I., Ukleba, D. "Besleti", in: "Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia", vol. 2, pp. 341–2. Tbilisi, 1977
- Lidiia Dubinskaia (1985), "The Soviet Union: A Guide & Reference Book", p.