Samtskhe - Javakheti

Khertvisi Fortress

Khertvisi Fortress X-IV cc. AD. - is a medieval fortress on the border of Samtskhe and Javakheti, it stands on the strategically important venue, at the confluence of rivers Paravani and Mtkvari, on the high rocky mountain. Its name is related to the geographic location of the fortress. Khertvisi fortress comes across in historical sources from XI century.

There are traces of a lot of renovations (Georgian, Russian, Ottoman) conducted at the fortress. Khertvisi fortress is noted with big space and a number of utility rooms. It has an unaccessible citadel, court church. The fortress was supplied with water through a tunnel constructed from south-west. On November 24, 2007 Khertvisi was inscribed in UNESCO world Heritage trial list.