Targim

Targim is a tower settlement in the mountain valley of the Assa, in Ingushetia. Its stone buildings belong to a landscape of fortified villages, family towers and burial grounds, where narrow valleys offered limited space for fields and houses. Nearby stands the medieval church of Alby-Yerdy, one of several Christian monuments in the mountain country. Local tradition connects the tower settlements of Targim, Egikal and Khamkhi with three brothers, giving their neighboring strongholds a shared origin in legend.