The Aldam-Gezi fortress is located in the village of Kezenoy in the Vedeno district of the Chechen Republic, a few kilometers southwest of Lake Kazenoy-Am. It is one of the oldest castle complexes in the republic. It represents the most ancient core of the village of Kezenoy in particular and Cheberloi in general.
The fortress consists of a citadel, a group of dilapidated buildings, a mosque, an older religious building, and a residential tower known as the “Dauda Tower,” carefully constructed from perfectly hewn stones and slabs fitted together. A tombstone is embedded in the threshold of the mosque. The ancient temple building has preserved the so-called “mullah's room” with a unique stone ceiling. One of the slabs has cracked due to time and weight. Behind it is a two-room religious building and an elevated platform. There are also two stones with round depressions (so-called cup stones); they were used to crush barley for brewing beer, a mandatory drink at all ancient religious ceremonies. From the east, along the aforementioned buildings, a path leads along the ledges of the marl rocks to the top of the rock. The flat top of the rock is reinforced on all sides by walls, and where the wall passes over a crevice, a supporting arch has been built underneath it. This is the castle's citadel. During sieges, livestock was driven here. There was also a battle tower on the rock, of which only stones remain. At the turn to the upper platform on the monolith rock, you can see a snake-like pattern depicting a deer hunt and a snake-like pattern with brackets. Higher up the slope lie the ruins of a whole group of buildings. Near the castle are Muslim cemeteries with ancient churtas (tomb monuments), vaguely resembling medieval above-ground crypts (malh-kash). The remains of a well can also be seen here. All the buildings are half-ruined.
The Aldam-Gezi fortress is a cultural heritage site and is located on the territory of the Argun Historical, Architectural, and Natural Museum-Reserve. It is protected by the state.
