Ateni ( ka, ატენი) was a medieval city in

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, 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. Today is in the area of Ateni there are two Georgian villages: ''Didi Ateni'' and ''Patara Ateni''. They belong to the

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Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia The ''Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia'' ( ka, ქართული საბჭოთა ენციკლოპედია, ქსე) is the first universal encyclopedia in the Georgian language, printed in Tbilisi from 1965, the editor in chi ...

, D. Berdzenishvili, I, p. 666, Tbilisi, 1975 {{coord, 41, 54, N, 44, 06, E, display=title, region:GE_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki Former cities in Georgia (country)