Forteresse de Skandé, Medieval fortress in Skande village, Imereti region, Georgia

Skandis Tsikhe (Forteresse de Skandé) is a fortress on a mountain north of Skande village in Terjola municipality, Imereti. It covers 7,000 m² and rises 120 m, bounded by the Beristskaro gorge to the south and the Gouramghele stream to the north. The best-preserved remains are the eastern facade of a royal palace and the walls of a church containing a Georgian inscription.

The earliest structures date to the 4th century, making it one of the most important citadels of the ancient Egrisi region. By the 15th century it was transformed into a royal residence, adapting its original defensive role to serve as a place for royal living.

The name Skande appears in Procopius of Caesarea's 6th-century account, which calls Skanda and Sarapanis the two Lazic fortresses on the border of Iberia. The site later served as a summer residence for Imeretian kings, and in the 1650s Russian envoys Alexei Yevlev and Nikifor Tolchanov described it as one of the best-fortified structures in the Caucasus.

Access is best through the eastern side where structures are best preserved and most visible. Good footwear is recommended since the site sits on uneven terrain on a mountain slope with limited shelter from weather.

The German explorer Johann Guldenstedt found Skande abandoned in the 1770s. In the 1830s Dubois de Montparnasse saw only a tower and a church left; these same ruins stand today, and the site was excavated in 1949 and 1995.