Ushguli

Svaneti is located in the northern part of Georgia, on the slopes of the Caucasus mountain range at an altitude of 3000-5000 meters above sea level and is considered the highest populated region in Europe

The highest peaks of the Caucasus are located in Svaneti:

Shkhara (5201 m), Tetnuld (4974 m), Ushba (4710 m), etc.

Svaneti is a treasure house of Georgian churches and monasteries, where

It is the oldest Georgian gospel, dated 897, written in golden ink and Asomatjuri text, currently kept in the Ethnographic Museum of Svaneti.

About a hundred small churches have survived in Svaneti and it is the only area where churches have frescoes on their exterior facades.

Svaneti is distinguished by its unique tower architecture, which, due to its rarity, has been included in the list of protected monuments of UNESCO. The towers had a purely residential and defensive function.

The most beautiful area of Ushguli-Zemo Svaneti. Ushguli Lamar Church of the 9th-10th century named after the Mother of God