Kvenipnevi

Kvenipnevi was a seat of the eristavis, or dukes, of Ksani in the mountain country north of the Kartli plain. Their domain embraced the Ksani valley and neighboring valleys to its west; Kvenipnevi was the center of the district known as Ksniskhevi, while Largvisi served another part of the duchy. As the dukes extended their lands southward, their residence shifted from Kvenipnevi and Largvisi to Akhalgori around the turn of the seventeenth century. The older seat remained associated with a noble house that had long governed these valleys.