Shatili

Shatili (Georgian: შატილი, Šat’ili IPA: [ʃatʼili]) is a historic highland village in Georgia, near the border with Chechnya.

It is located on the northern slope of the Greater Caucasus mountains, in the historical Georgian province of Upper Khevsureti, which is now part of the modern-day region (mkhare) of Mtskheta-Mtianeti.

The fortress consists of the terraced structures dominated by flat-roofed dwellings and some 60 towers which cluster together to create a single chain of fortifications.

Both single monuments and the overall urban structure with their characteristic components (towers, residential complexes, sowing, chapels) are of special importance.

The only direct comparisons at a wider extent that might be made would be with isolated communities in the Himalayan massif, but these stem from a completely different cultural tradition.