Anacopia

Anacopia crowns a steep hill above the Black Sea coast of Abkhazia. Its stone walls and towers guarded one of the region's strongest fortresses, with a church and cistern inside the citadel. In the eighth century Leon of Abkhazia held the fortress against the army of Marwan, whose siege failed. Anacopia became an early capital of the Abkhazian kingdom before its rulers moved their seat to Kutaisi.