Nekresi

Nekresi is a historic and archaeological site in eastern Georgian region of Kakheti, between the town of Qvareli and the village of Shilda, at the foothills of the Greater Caucasus mountains [1]. Nekresi is known from the early medieval Georgian sources as a once flourishing town of antiquity [1]. A series of archaeological expeditions, beginning in 1984, have uncovered various features of a large settlement, but its extent remains unknown because of a densely forested landscape and lack of written sources [1]. Several major structures, unearthed across the site and mostly dated to Late Antiquity, bear traces of earthquakes and violent destruction [1]. Nekresi was reduced to a village or a number of hamlets in the 8th century [1]. Some of the most important archaeological discoveries include the Nagebebi winery, a Zoroastrian fire temple, and the early Christian basilicas of Chabukauri and Dolochopi [1].