Achabeti fortress

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Achabeti fortress

აჩაბეთი ციხე
Ruins of Achabeti fortress
Location in Shida Kartli Achabeti fortress (Georgia) Show map of Shida KartliShow map of GeorgiaShow all
Coordinates	42°16′48″N 43°56′59″E / 42.28000°N 43.94972°E / 42.28000; 43.94972 (Achabeti)Coordinates: 42°16′48″N 43°56′59″E / 42.28000°N 43.94972°E / 42.28000; 43.94972 (Achabeti)
Location	Gori Municipality, Tsalka Municipality, Shida Kartli, Georgia
Type	Cyclopean fortress

Achabeti fortess is an old fortress in Georgia, Gori Municipality, village  [ka]. The fortress is situated along the right side of river Liakhvi.

History[]

There are not much information about the village Achabeti. Today villages: Zemo Achabeti and Kvemo Achabeti are in Tskhinvali region. According to Georgian sources, in late feudal epoch, here was ″palace and fortress of kings″ and it was a name of the entire valley. In 1744 near Achabeti Erekle II defeated Givi Amilakhvari and Turkish army assisting him. To Achabeti is associated the family of Anchabadzes, thus the name ″Achabeti″ means place where the ″Anchabadzes″ lived. From this family name a new feudal branch ″Machabeli″ was derived.

For the first time Achabeti fortress is mentioned in the 16th century. The fortress was famous for it robustness.

At the first time fortress was only a tower with littleness fence, but it has been reconstructed several times and became wider than it was before.

Literature[]

• Georgia, encyclopedia, Tbilisi, 1997.
• Makalatia S., Liakhvi ravine, Tbilisi, 1971
• Zakaria p., Tskhinvali region, Tbilis, 1987
• Shida Kartli T. I, little and big liakhvi ravine architectural heritage. Tbilisi. 2002.

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