A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_URI::$config is deprecated

Filename: core/URI.php

Line Number: 101

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Router::$uri is deprecated

Filename: core/Router.php

Line Number: 127

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Tour::$benchmark is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 45
Function: __construct

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 9
Function: __construct

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Tour::$hooks is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 45
Function: __construct

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 9
Function: __construct

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Tour::$config is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 45
Function: __construct

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 9
Function: __construct

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Tour::$log is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 45
Function: __construct

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 9
Function: __construct

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Tour::$utf8 is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 45
Function: __construct

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 9
Function: __construct

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Tour::$uri is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 45
Function: __construct

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 9
Function: __construct

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Tour::$exceptions is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 45
Function: __construct

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 9
Function: __construct

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Tour::$router is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 45
Function: __construct

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 9
Function: __construct

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Tour::$output is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 45
Function: __construct

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 9
Function: __construct

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Tour::$security is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 45
Function: __construct

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 9
Function: __construct

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Tour::$input is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 45
Function: __construct

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 9
Function: __construct

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Tour::$lang is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 45
Function: __construct

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 9
Function: __construct

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Tour::$load is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 78

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 45
Function: __construct

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 9
Function: __construct

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Tour::$db is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 396

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 45
Function: __construct

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 9
Function: __construct

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_DB_mysqli_driver::$failover is deprecated

Filename: database/DB_driver.php

Line Number: 371

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 45
Function: __construct

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 9
Function: __construct

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated

Filename: helpers/mine_helper.php

Line Number: 439

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/helpers/mine_helper.php
Line: 439
Function: trim

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/helpers/mine_helper.php
Line: 432
Function: clear

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 55
Function: uri

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 9
Function: __construct

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated

Filename: helpers/mine_helper.php

Line Number: 439

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/helpers/mine_helper.php
Line: 439
Function: trim

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/helpers/mine_helper.php
Line: 432
Function: clear

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 56
Function: uri

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 9
Function: __construct

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Tour::$constants_model is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 358

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 24
Function: model

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 62
Function: _define_constants

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 9
Function: __construct

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Tour::$menu_model is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 358

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 77
Function: model

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 9
Function: __construct

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Tour::$socials_model is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 358

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 84
Function: model

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 9
Function: __construct

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Tour::$agent is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 1283

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 88
Function: library

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 9
Function: __construct

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Tour::$locations_model is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 358

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 21
Function: model

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Tour::$countries_model is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 358

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 26
Function: model

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Tour::$logo_images_model is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 358

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 52
Function: model

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 33
Function: load_logo_images

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Tour::$photos_model is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 358

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 35
Function: model

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$benchmark is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 931

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 111
Function: view

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 48
Function: _render

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$hooks is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 931

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 111
Function: view

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 48
Function: _render

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$config is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 931

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 111
Function: view

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 48
Function: _render

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$log is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 931

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 111
Function: view

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 48
Function: _render

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$utf8 is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 931

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 111
Function: view

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 48
Function: _render

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$uri is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 931

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 111
Function: view

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 48
Function: _render

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$exceptions is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 931

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 111
Function: view

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 48
Function: _render

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$router is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 931

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 111
Function: view

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 48
Function: _render

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$output is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 931

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 111
Function: view

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 48
Function: _render

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$security is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 931

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 111
Function: view

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 48
Function: _render

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$input is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 931

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 111
Function: view

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 48
Function: _render

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$lang is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 931

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 111
Function: view

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 48
Function: _render

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$load is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 931

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 111
Function: view

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 48
Function: _render

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$db is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 931

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 111
Function: view

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 48
Function: _render

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$constants_model is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 931

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 111
Function: view

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 48
Function: _render

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$menu_model is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 931

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 111
Function: view

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 48
Function: _render

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$socials_model is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 931

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 111
Function: view

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 48
Function: _render

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$agent is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 931

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 111
Function: view

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 48
Function: _render

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$locations_model is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 931

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 111
Function: view

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 48
Function: _render

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$countries_model is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 931

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 111
Function: view

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 48
Function: _render

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$logo_images_model is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 931

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 111
Function: view

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 48
Function: _render

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$photos_model is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 931

Backtrace:

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/core/FrontEndController.php
Line: 111
Function: view

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/application/controllers/frontend/Tour.php
Line: 48
Function: _render

File: /home/newtonem/greethis.webest.md/index.php
Line: 288
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Gonio Fortress is a rectangle in shape; Its length is 228 meters and its width is 195 meters. The prison area is 44,460 sq. M. M. equals. The fence is fortified with 18 towers. The corner towers are bigger.

Gonio fortress, previously called Apsarus (or Apsyrtus or Apsyrtos), is a Roman fortification in Adjara, Georgia, on the Black Sea, 15 km south of Batumi, at the mouth of the Chorokhi river. The village sits 4 km north of the Turkish border. Its name was connected with the myth of Medea and her brother Absyrtus.

The oldest reference to the fortress is by Roman author Pliny the Elder in the Natural History (1st century AD). There is also a reference to the ancient name of the site in Appian’s Mithridatic Wars (2nd century AD). In the 2nd century AD it was a well-fortified Roman city within Colchis. The town was also known for its theatre and hippodrome. Procopius, writing in the 6th century, speaks of the remains of its public buildings as proving that it was once a place of some importance.  

Gonio Fortress was of great importance. It was guarded against the impending danger on the left side of the Chorokhi confluence, such as the pirates. This grand strategic importance explains the grandeur of the prison. It is hypothesized that the fortress would be built by the Romans, especially Pompeius, as the proponent of all the grand buildings of that period.

Gonio Fortress is a rectangle in shape; Its length is 228 meters and its width is 195 meters. The prison area is 44,460 sq. M. M. equals. The fence is fortified with 18 towers. The corner towers are bigger.

It later came under Byzantine influence. The name "Gonio" is first attested in Michael Panaretos in the 14th century. In addition, there was a short-lived Genoese trade factory at the site. In 1547 Gonio was taken by the Ottomans, who held it until 1878, when, via the San-Stefano Treaty, Adjara became part of the Russian empire. In the fall of 1647, according to Evliya Çelebi, Gonio was captured by a Cossack navy of 70 chaikas, but quickly recovered by Ghazi Sidi Ahmed, ruler of the Tortum sanjak.

The grave of Saint Matthias, one of the twelve apostles, is believed to be inside the Gonio fortress. However, this is unverifiable as the Georgian government currently prohibits digging near the supposed gravesite. Other archaeological excavations are however taking place on the grounds of the fortress, focusing on Roman layers.

Gonio is currently experiencing a tourism boom. Most tourists come in summer season for leasure on clean beaches nearby Gonio fortress.    

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