Church of St. George...1200AD

In Ushguli, a tiny village at 2,300 meters in the Upper Caucasus region of Svaneti, in far north Georgia not far from the Russian border. The Svan are a very small ethnic group whose culture dates back to 3000BC and earlier. This is a very remote area, part of which is classified by UNESCO as a protected habitat to try to preserve the local culture and architecture.
It has claimed to be the highest altitude permanently settled village in Europe.