Shorapani

Shorapani შორაპანი
Town
View from Shorapani fortress
Seal
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Coordinates: 42°05′44″N 43°04′55″E / 42.09556°N 43.08194°E / 42.09556; 43.08194
Country	Georgia
Mkhare	Imereti
District	Zestaponi District
Elevation	560 ft (170 m)
Population  (2014)
• Total	1,258
Time zone	UTC+4 (Georgian Standard Time)
Climate	Cfa

Shorapani (Georgian: შორაპანი) is a small Georgian town, situated in the Zestaponi District, part of the region of Imereti. Founded in the 3rd century BC, it served as a residence of the eristavi (dukes) of Argveti (also known as the Duchy of Shorapani) in the Antiquity and the early Middle Ages.^{[citation needed]}

Near the town are the ruins of a fortress, mentioned as Sarapana by Strabo and Sarapanis by Procopius as a strong position on the road that led from Colchis to Iberia.

Shorapani (Sarapanis) is the toponymy, that is mentioned in old Greek mythology. That was Sarapanis that Jason and his Argonaut friends approached during their travel in old Colchis (Kolkhida).^{[citation needed]}

• Imereti

• Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD)

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