Uncle Explores the northern parts of Georgia and the northern Caucus Mountains. Parts of Imereti and Samegrelo- Zemo Svaneti area.
The man focal point is Ushguli.
Ushguli is a community of five villages at the head of the Enguri gorge which is one of the highest continuously inhabited settlements in Europe. Compared to somewhat more developed towns like Mestia, Ushguli is not in an accessible location, which has preserved many of the villages' medieval characteristics, including unique defensive tower houses called Svan towers.
Because of their preservation and traditional architecture, Ushguli, Mestia, and the surrounding area was recognized as the Upper Svaneti UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. Ushguli is located at an altitude of 2,100 metres (6,900 ft) near the foot of Shkhara, one of the highest summits of the Greater Caucasus mountains. The area is snow-covered for 6 months of the year, and often the road to Mestia is impassable.
The most notable feature of the villages in Ushguli are the defensive tower houses found throughout the community. These houses are between 3-5 stories tall were built primarily between the 9th and 12th centuries. Although many of the towers in the lower towns such as Mestia have fallen into disrepair, the isolation of Ushguli has preserved the towers. Chazhashi, one of the villages within the community, contains over 200 of these towers and has been preserved as a Museum-Reserve
Негізгі бет Ushguli, a mountain haven. With Uncle Explores.
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