Gagra fortress located at the entrance to the city of Gagra, at the mouth of the river Zhoekvara - is one of the ancient fortifications of Old Gagra. The remains of the citadel are adjacent to the west side of Seaside Park.

The building dates back to the architectural complex II-XI century .  This assumed that the Gagra fortress was founded in the V century .  The defensive structure was built as a defense against enemy tribes .  Built a fortress whether Abazgs, or Romans - is not precisely known .  Fortifications Zhoekvarskoe closed a gorge and blocks the path from east to west .  According to historians and scholars, in XIV-XV Article .  Genoese, who founded the modern city a trading Kakar, housed in one of the parts of the fortress, to conduct trade with the ancient Abkhazian tribes .  Subsequently, the coastal tower called Genoa .  In the late Middle Ages, the citadel has become a haven Abkhazian tribes .  In 1830 .  it was occupied by Russian troops who built the bastions and re-built the fortress walls with loopholes for guns and cannons .  The fortress became the site of military battles between the Abkhaz and Russian troops .  At the beginning of the XX century .  Abaata demolished for the construction of hotels in its place . 

Time has become a major factor in the loss of the fortress. It survived until today only a part of the wall and Church of St. Hypatia Gagra. The temple is located in the heart of the fortress. Its walls are made of huge blocks of limestone that reaches across 1, 5 m. The preserved structure of the temple dates from the VI Art. BC, while there is a suggestion that the church was not built before the X century. dismantled stones from the ramparts. The Church of St. Hypatia has a rectangular shape with two extensions. The road to the temple - cypress alley - paved with limestone slabs.

Today in Gagra Gagra fortress located historical museum "Abaata" hotel and restaurant.