Bainey
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17.06.2024

The Beney Tower Complex is located in the Jeirah district at the foot of Mät Loam Mountain, located east of Harp and north of Kasheti.

The complex includes already heavily damaged late medieval 8 residential and 1 semi-combat tower with various annexes and stone defensive walls, with each tower included in a separate complex of structures. The double tower, in terms of rectangular, had 4 floors and a flat roof with a parapet. In height it remained at 11.30m. Local residential towers are 2-3 storeys, with a rectangular base, a flat roof and a parapet. On the walls and doorways of two residential towers you can see petroglyphs and tamgas.

Until the middle of the XX century on the outskirts of the tower complex Beini towered late medieval temple-sanctuary Beini Seli. To this day, it has not survived. Three pillar-shaped sanctuaries were also lost.

The Beini Tower Complex is part of the Jeirakh-Assin State Historical, Architectural and Natural Museum-Reserve and is an identified object of cultural heritage protected by the state.