The Chazhashi architectural complex in Ushguli, Svaneti is a landmark of Georgia.

At the highest point on the eastern side, the tower of Zurab Nizharadze rose, built on a pedestal of cobblestones, the main part of which consists of a surprisingly executed masonry of thin slate. The tower is a wide cylindrical structure of four floors with carved windows. On the western side, you can determine the remains of balconies: by the presence of nests of beams and door openings.

The tower has a finish in the form of micelles – these are special hinged loopholes designed to fire at the enemy storming the tower.

The complex of the lower fortress of Chazhashi includes a miniature church. The temple is a rectangular building in the form of a hall, which is based on a stone pedestal, narrows and ends with an apse – this is a semicircular extension with a conch. The apse rises one step, the light penetrates from the carved window, illuminating the space of the church.

The material for the construction is a local rock – slate. The roofs of the conches and churches have not been preserved to this day, they were reconstructed with the same material that the building consists of – slate, or rather a slate block that formed a flat roof overlap. In the center of the church there is an iconostasis, which divides the space into two parts.

It is possible to get to the church through the western entrance, which is decorated in the form of an arch. From the inside, the walls of the church are covered with plaster, low steps run along the bottom.

The spirit of traditional Georgia is carefully preserved in the village of Chazhashi, if you are looking for something to see in Georgia and you are interested in unique high-mountain landscapes and unique ancient buildings, then here you will find it.