Ateni
Vanished settlement · Georgia
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- 1100
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 41.900, 44.100
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: Атени — средневековый город в Грузии, находящийся в долине реки Тана, по обоим берегам водоёма.
History
Ateni was a medieval city in Georgia, in the valley of the Tana river, on both banks of the river. Ateni was built in the 11th century by the Georgian king Bagrat IV. The city was secured with three fortresses located near Ateni: Ateni fortress, Vere fortress and Dektsikhe. In the 13th–17th centuries Ateni was still considered an important place in the country but in the 18th century it began decreasing in importance and gradually the town became a village.