Shervashidze Palace (Lykhny)

The Sharvashidze Palace (Georgian: შარვაშიძეების სასახლე, Abkhaz: Шарвашиӡераа раҳҭынра) is a ruined structure in the village of Lykhny, Gudauta District in Abkhazia/Georgia. The palace was constructed from 16th to the 19th century for Princes Sharvashidze, rulers of the Abkhazia.

Palace was destroyed in the course of the revolt against the Russian Empire in 1866. The extant edifice is a remnant of a two-storey building built of limestone, sandstone, brick and other materials.

The Sharvashidze palace, built in the 16th or 17th century and reconstructed in the 19th—now in ruins—lies at the outskirts of the Lykhnashta, a large field in Lykhny, where an insurrection against the Russian rule erupted in July 1866. The rebellion was quelled by General Dmitry Sviatopolk-Mirsky, governor of Kutais, and the Sharvashidze palace was burned down in August 1866.

Georgia has inscribed the Sharvashidze Palace on its list of cultural heritage, but exercises no control over the territory. The current state of preservation of the monument is not known.

Text adapted from “Shervashidze Palace” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Shervashidze Palace (Lykhny) ranks #6,492 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #40 of the 46 mapped in Georgia. Founded c. 1550, it is older than 39% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 755 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Georgia compares in the castle statistics.

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