 By the 19th century, the village had gone extinct.The Slesa fortress tops a rocky hill, roughly midway between the villages of Kvabiskhevi and Atsquri, on the left bank of the Kura (Mtkvari), near the main S8 Borjomi-Akhaltsikhe road.It commands a strategic perch, overlooking the river valley and guarding the southern entrance to the Borjomi defile.