Shatili

A Medieval Fortress Village In Georgia

The village of Shatili squats on the northern slope of the Greater Caucasus mountains in Georgia. Even today the area is considered isolated and remote but in centuries past the villagers could not rely on distant authorities to afford them protection.

In early medieval times the villagers of Shatili hit on a solution which was to shield them from their enemies for hundreds of years. They made their village in to a fortress.