In medieval Georgian sources the village is also known as
Zupu (
ზუფუ). The village lies along the narrow
Black Sea plain of Abkhazia at an elevation of 50 meters above sea level. Lykhny is located five kilometers from the administrative center of
Gudauta. There are several important historical monuments in and around Lykhny. Of particular importance are the 10-11th century
Church of the Virgin Mary and the ruins of a
two-storey palace which was used as a residence by the princes of
Abkhazia (the palace collapsed in 1866 when the Russian
punitive expedition attacked the village). An older monument, the fortress of
Abaanta (built in the 7th century) is located at the edge of the village on the left bank of the
Khipsta River. princes
Lykhnashta, a large square located centrally in the village, is one of the
seven shrines of the Abkhaz people and the place where is held the
harvest festival every October. The square was also the place of the gathering of all the Abkhaz in 1931 and 1989. Abkhaz Communist revolutionary
Nestor Lakoba was born in Lykhny in 1893. ==See also==