The Katskhi Pillar In Winter, Georgia, Sakartvelo Stock Photo

The Katskhi pillar is a natural limestone monolith located at the village of Katskhi in western Georgian region of Imereti, near the town of Chiatura. The Katskhi pillar complex currently consists of a church dedicated to Maximus the Confessor, a crypt burial vault, three hermit cells, a wine cellar, and a curtain wall on the uneven top surface of the column. At the base of the pillar are the newly built church of Simeon Stylites and ruins of an old wall and belfry.