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Faş Kalesi was located at the strategic site now known as Poti. Situated on Georgia’s Black Sea coast between Batum and Anakara, at the point where the Rioni (Faş) River flows into the Black Sea, the fortress has historically been a critical node, enhancing the importance of ports as much as the land corridors of the Caucasus, which functioned as a “Black Strait” between Asia and Europe. Due particularly to the Rioni River’s extension deep into Georgia, Faş emerged as a strategic center accessib