Immovable Cultural Monument of National Significance of Georgia
Official name
Tmogvi Castle-Ruins complex
Designated
November 7, 2006; 17 years ago (2006-11-07)
Reference no.
1772
Item Number in Cultural Heritage Portal
6613;
Date of entry in the registry
October 3, 2007; 16 years ago (2007-10-03)
Birtvisi (Georgian: ბირთვისი) is a ruined medieval fortress in Kvemo Kartli, Georgia, nested within limestone cliffs in the Algeti river gorge. It is now within the boundaries of the Tetritsqaro Municipality, adjacent to the Algeti National Park, south-west of the nation's capital Tbilisi.[1]
^Protected Areas: Algeti National Park Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine. Agency of Protected Areas of Georgia. Accessed June 18, 2011.
Birtvisi (Georgian: ბირთვისი) is a ruined medieval fortress in Kvemo Kartli, Georgia, nested within limestone cliffs in the Algeti river gorge. It is...
for historic BirtvisiFortress, now in ruins. BirtvisiFortress 6-7 km access road starts at the east of the village Partskhisi. Birtvisi Natural Monument...
Sula Lipari took away such strong forts as he was. Artanuji, Uplistsikhe, Birtvisi and Kvelistsikhe, but even the king's army could not take Kldekar. Only...
to the previously impregnable fortress of Birtvisi, defended by a tiny Georgian garrison. Having captured the fortress in August 1403, Timur sent his...
Ali, an emir of Tiflis, whom the Georgians dispossessed of the fortress of Birtvisi. The regency advanced the positions of the high nobility whose influence...
ruler. Ivane Javakhishvili pointed out that after the capture of the fortress of Birtvisi, the king took pity on Emir and again confirmed him as the ruler...
Timur's invasions of Georgia (Timurid conquests and invasions) Siege of Birtvisi (1403) – 1403 – Timur's invasions of Georgia (Timurid conquests and invasions)...
historical monuments such as the Bolnisi Sioni, the Pitareti Monastery, Birtvisi, Samshvilde and the old inhabited area near Dmanisi "საქართველოს მთავრობა...
Sivas (1400) Siege of Damascus (1400) Siege of Smyrna (1402) Siege of Birtvisi (1403) – Timur's invasions of Georgia Siege of Mercq (1405) – Part of the...
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