The Chakvinji fortress (Georgian: ჭაქვინჯის ციხე) also known as Jikhashkari fortress[1] is located at the municipality of Zugdidi at the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region, in the village of Jikhashkari, on the banks of the Chanistsqali river, built on a high mountain.

[2] The famous 18th-century Georgian historian and geographer Vakhushti Batonishvili described the area of the fortress as a summer palace of.

[2][3] The fort was originally built during the period of the Kingdom of Abkhazia (Egrisi-Abkhazia) in the 8th century AD.

In the days of struggle for the establishment of Soviet power in Georgia, the forces Mensheviks occupied Jihaskari fortress, from where there was a counterattack by the local population.

According to archaeological studies conducted in the fortress, Chakvini had a citadel, towers, and a church along with other structures.