Professionals restoring Shatili highland village tower after collapse
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A medieval tower in Georgia's historical Khevsureti province will be completely restored next year after experts launched full-scale restoration works following the construction's collapse earlier this year.
The tower, one of many iconic defensive structures across Khevsureti highlands, partially collapsed in village Shatili in June, prompting response from the National Agency of Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia.
The agency's assessment said the family tower had disintegrated due to a drainage construction from a nearby tower directing precipitation towards the foundations of the now-collapsed structure.
The tower's collapsed part is repaired by workers using scaffoldings. Photo: Georgia's Cultural Heritage Agency press office.
Professionals working on the tower have already cleared the site of the collapse from ruins and dismantled its affected walls.
An additional construction was erected by the experts aimed to safeguard the monument from winter climate, while the foundation of the tower was re-filled with "monolithic" concrete base.
The works will be continued next year when the workers re-build the collapsed walls with original bricks retrieved from the ruins.
A view of the collapsed part of the tower. Photo: Georgia's Cultural Heritage Agency press office.
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