Bazaleti Lake by Paata Vardanashvili

The Bazaleti Lake (Georgian: ბაზალეთის ტბა) is a lake in eastern Georgia some 60 km northwest of the nation's capital Tbilisi and 5 km south of the town of Dusheti.

The surface area of the lake is 1.22 km². and its maximum depth is 7 m. The area around the lake housed a flourishing medieval town and is surrounded by many legends. In 1626, the Battle of Bazaleti between the two rival Georgian factions took place there.

Currently, the area is a popular recreational area served by a modern tourist complex.

it is known that Bazaleti lake has outflow but not found where whater is goung out from, locals claim that water outflaw is circutating. locals tell story about a bull which was drouned in the lake and later was found in well in the nearby willage.

One of the legends sais that there is a golden baby-crib on the bottom of the lake, and goldheared son is laying in the crib, mother cried about sons death and her tears made the lake. There is a georgian poem about this legend.

People call the lake cursed also. Every year someone drouns there. Even though lake is samall and mostly it is calm, older peope say "it will not calm down until it takes someones life."