Shatili (Georgian შატილი; ʃɑtʼɪlɪ) is located in the historic province of Chevsuretia. The place is considered one of the best examples of Georgian medieval architecture in Chevsuretia. The village also used to function as a fortress and was of strategic importance for the Kingdom of Georgia due to its proximity to the northern state border. The old village of Shatili is located on a rock. The houses are very dense, in fact built without spacing, so that the outer buildings form a wall around the village. Shatili was connected to other villages in Chevsuretia by the only path in the Argun valley. The residential buildings of the old village are houses with flat roofs or the residential towers that are widespread in Chewsuretia.
The restoration of the original village began in the 1970s. On October 24, 2007, Shatili was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Around the old village there are a few more modern village houses in loose buildings. The place had only 22 permanent residents at the last census (2014); In 2002 there were still 68, in the first half of the 20th century over 200. Nevertheless, Shatili is the largest town in Chewsuretia north of the main Caucasus ridge; in the other seven still inhabited places of the area only 26 people live together, 15 of them in Muzo. (Source: Wikipedia)
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