Gonio Fortress
Wave-swept air from the Black Sea meets citrus-scented foothills at the mouth of the Chorokhi River, 12–15 km south of Batumi. Here, a near-rectangular stone enclosure still reads like a manual of frontier warfare. Locals call it Gonio; Latin sources knew it as Apsaros—the same walls, different empires. What is Gonio Fortress?Gonio Fortress (Apsaros) is a […]