| Bakhtrioni | |
|---|---|
ბახტრიონი | |
| Akhmeta municipality, Kakheti, Georgia | |
  Bakhtrioni | |
| Coordinates | 42°03′06″N 45°14′35″E / 42.051639°N 45.242917°E |
| Site information | |
| Condition | Ruined |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1650s |
| Demolished | 1659 |
Bakhtrioni (Georgian: ბახტრიონი, bɑχtʼrɪɔnɪ) is a ruined 17th-century fortress in the eastern Georgian region of Kakheti, on the left bank of the Alazani river near its confluence with the Ilto.[1] The fortress served as a Safavid Iranian outpost in the 1650s until the rebellious Georgians captured and demolished it. Only insignificant ruins of the Bakhtrioni fortress have survived.
- ^ (in French) Tsarévitch Wakhoucht (transl. by Marie-Félicité Brosset; 1842), Description géographique de la Géorgie, p. 321. L'Académie Impérial des Sciences, St Petersbourg