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#Tiflis_Governorate
#Self-governing_cities_in_Georgia_(country)
#Kura-Araxes_culture
Akhaltsikhe （Georgian: ახალციხე [ɑxɑltsʰixɛ], literally \"new castle\"; formerly known as Lomsia Georgian: ლომსია） is a small city in Georgia's southwestern region （mkhare） of Samtskhe–Javakheti.
It is situated on both banks of a small river Potskhovi, which divides the city between the old city in the north and new in the south.
In the old part of the city we can see Akhaltsikhe （Rabati） Castle, built in the 9th century, recently globally reconstructed.
One of the main attractions of the Samtskhe-Javakheti region, along with Vardzia, Vale, Okrostsikhe and Zarzma.
Akhaltsikhe c.
1887 The city is first mentioned in the chronicles in the 12th century.
In the 12th–13th centuries it was the seat of the House of Akhaltsikhe, dukes （atabegs） of Samtskhe Duchy （saatabago）, whose two most illustrious representatives were Shalva and Ivane Akhaltsikheli.
From the 13th up to the 17th century the city and Samtkhe were governed by the House of Jaqeli.
The city suffered numerous invasions by Mongols, Iranians and Turks.
In 1576 the Ottomans took it and made it the residence of pasha.
From 1628 the city became the centre of the Akhalzik Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire as \"Ahıska\".
In 1828, during the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829, Russian troops under the command of General Paskevich captured the city and, as a consequence of the 1829 Treaty of Adrianople （Edirne）,
it was ceded to the Russian Empire as part of first Kutais and then Tiflis Governorates.
In the late 1980s the city was host to the Soviet Army's 10th Guards Motor Rifle Division, which became a brigade of the Georgian land forces after the fall of the Soviet Union.
View of Akhaltsikhe Streets of Akhaltsikhe The highland environment between Akhaltsikhe and Aspindza presents a varied and complex array of archaeologica...
#Cities_and_towns_in_Samtskhe–Javakheti
#Tiflis_Governorate
#Self-governing_cities_in_Georgia_(country)
#Kura-Araxes_culture
Akhaltsikhe （Georgian: ახალციხე [ɑxɑltsʰixɛ], literally \"new castle\"; formerly known as Lomsia Georgian: ლომსია） is a small city in Georgia's southwestern region （mkhare） of Samtskhe–Javakheti.
It is situated on both banks of a small river Potskhovi, which divides the city between the old city in the north and new in the south.
In the old part of the city we can see Akhaltsikhe （Rabati） Castle, built in the 9th century, recently globally reconstructed.
One of the main attractions of the Samtskhe-Javakheti region, along with Vardzia, Vale, Okrostsikhe and Zarzma.
Akhaltsikhe c.
1887 The city is first mentioned in the chronicles in the 12th century.
In the 12th–13th centuries it was the seat of the House of Akhaltsikhe, dukes （atabegs） of Samtskhe Duchy （saatabago）, whose two most illustrious representatives were Shalva and Ivane Akhaltsikheli.
From the 13th up to the 17th century the city and Samtkhe were governed by the House of Jaqeli.
The city suffered numerous invasions by Mongols, Iranians and Turks.
In 1576 the Ottomans took it and made it the residence of pasha.
From 1628 the city became the centre of the Akhalzik Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire as \"Ahıska\".
In 1828, during the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829, Russian troops under the command of General Paskevich captured the city and, as a consequence of the 1829 Treaty of Adrianople （Edirne）,
it was ceded to the Russian Empire as part of first Kutais and then Tiflis Governorates.
In the late 1980s the city was host to the Soviet Army's 10th Guards Motor Rifle Division, which became a brigade of the Georgian land forces after the fall of the Soviet Union.
View of Akhaltsikhe Streets of Akhaltsikhe The highland environment between Akhaltsikhe and Aspindza presents a varied and complex array of archaeologica...
