All along the watchtowers

In Ushguli, Svaneti region of Georgia, at 2,300 meters in the Hugh Caucasus, near the Russian border. This remote and wild area was very, very dangerous with fighting, until the early 2000s in fact, and with feuds and invasions. Each house has a mediaeval watchtower into which the family and livestock could retreat to defend themselves. This particular village is very intact, and listed by UNESCO....in an effort to preserve and maintain its unique architecture and culture.