| Shervashidze Palace | |
| Native Name: | შარვაშიძეების სასახლე |
| Native Language: | ka |
| Map Relief: | yes |
| Coordinates: | 43.1389°N 40.6186°W |
| Area: | Gudauta Municipality |
The Shervashidze Palace (Georgian: შარვაშიძეების სასახლე, ab|Шервашиӡераа раҳҭынра) is a ruined structure in the village of Lykhny, Gudauta District in Abkhazia/Georgia. The palace was constructed from 16th to the 19th century for Princes Shervashidze, rulers of the Abkhazia.[1]
Palace was destroyed in the course of the revolt against the Russian Empire in 1866. The extant edifice is a remnant of a two-storey building built of limestone, sandstone, brick and other materials.[2]
The Shervashidze palace, built in the 16th or 17th century and reconstructed in the 19th—now in ruins—lies at the outskirts of the Lykhnashta, a large field in Lykhny, where an insurrection against the Russian rule erupted in July 1866. The rebellion was quelled by General Dmitry Sviatopolk-Mirsky, governor of Kutais, and the Shervashidze palace was burned down in August 1866.[2]
Georgia has inscribed the Shervashidze Palace on its list of cultural heritage, but exercises no control over the territory. The current state of preservation of the monument is not known.[2]