Bochorma fortress

The Bochorma fortress (Georgian: ბოჭორმის ციხე, romanized: boch'ormis tsikhe) is a medieval architectural complex in eastern Georgia, located in the Tianeti Municipality in the region of Mtskheta-Mtianeti.

The inner part of the citadel stands on the irregular ground and is surrounded by a high curtain wall, with towers.

The interior bears frescoes, which are, judging from the style of paintings, dated to the early 12th century and in a very poor state of preservation.

[1] In the lowest register of the northeastern conch of the church is a donor who is identified with King David IV of Georgia (r. 1089-1125).

The iconography illustrates David's promotion of his status as a Christian monarch and a claim to symbolic succession to the Byzantine emperor in the region, which he had only acquired in 1104.

[1] The Bochorma fortress is first mentioned in the medieval Georgian chronicles in an account of the Sajid invasion of Georgia of 914.

Bochorma church of St. George.
Frescoes in the church of St. George.