City/Village ruins
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- Elevation above sea level: ≈ 1,426 m
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In the ruins of the abandoned village of Anatori, dozens of fragments of oval millstones have been found. Opposite the village site, on the right side of the Arghuni, is the so-called "shrine of the faithful and the infidel" — Anatorisjvari, the Archangel. Until the end of the 19th century non-Christians also prayed at this shrine; according to the priests, Anatorisjvari valued a single wheat loaf brought by them as highly as a bullock brought as offering by the Christians. Evidently the pagan Anatorians and Shatilians were converted (baptized) in the St. Mary's church standing there (9th–10th centuries). A village would not have been founded in an utterly deserted place, so Shatili too must have been founded around that time.
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