A building unique to Georgia. Lower Production cost and higher outer defenses than Renaissance Walls. Provides +3 Tourism after advancing to the Conservation Civic. Provides +4 Faith. When in a Golden Age the Tourism and Faith are +100%.

High over the landscape, situated in the hills and rocky cliffs, the Georgian fortresses guard the countryside. The tsikhe feature high curtain walls with either rounded or triangular merlons (the solid part of the “cut outs” on the wall). A tower stands at each intersection of joined wall.

The Georgian fortresses were particularly difficult to assault due to their position on the high ground. Although this type of fortress existed during the time of Alexander the Great, the Georgians used them effectively through the 17th Century.