The Zhinvali citadel complex included a spur tower, a hall church, a palace and a wine cellar, enclosed by an almost triangular wall (an area of roughly 3,500 m²). In 1972–74 and 1983, excavations by the Zhinvali archaeological expedition of the Center for Archaeological Research of the Iv. Javakhishvili Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography (team led by Z. Kalandadze) uncovered, between the tower and the church, along the east wall of the enclosure,