Ushguli village sits in the upper reaches of the Enguri valley beneath the snow-covered massif of Mt Shkhara (5193 metres), Georgia?s highest peak. Ushguli has more than 20 ancient defensive towers and has been on the Unesco World Heritage List since 1996. Reaching up to 2100m above sea level, Ushguli has a claim to be Europe's highest permanently inhabited settlement.
Ushguli village sits in the upper reaches of the Enguri valley beneath the snow-covered massif of Mt Shkhara (5193 metres), Georgia?s highest peak. Ushguli has more than 20 ancient defensive towers and has been on the Unesco World Heritage List since 1996. Reaching up to 2100m above sea level, Ushguli has a claim to be Europe's highest permanently inhabited settlement.
Ushguli village sits in the upper reaches of the Enguri valley beneath the snow-covered massif of Mt Shkhara (5193 metres), Georgia?s highest peak. Ushguli has more than 20 ancient defensive towers and has been on the Unesco World Heritage List since 1996. Reaching up to 2100m above sea level, Ushguli has a claim to be Europe's highest permanently inhabited settlement.
Ushguli village sits in the upper reaches of the Enguri valley beneath the snow-covered massif of Mt Shkhara (5193 metres), Georgia?s highest peak. Ushguli has more than 20 ancient defensive towers and has been on the Unesco World Heritage List since 1996. Reaching up to 2100m above sea level, Ushguli has a claim to be Europe's highest permanently inhabited settlement.
The picture shows them as a couple in 1958 while Abraam was in the Soviet army in the Ukraine—they were married in 1965
145-metre Alphabet Tower on the Batumi foreshore is a monument to Georgian script and culture
The Zarzma monastery is nested in the forested river valley of Kvabliani in the Adigeni municipality, 30 km west of the city of Akhaltsikhe. It is the complex of a series of buildings dominated by a domed church and a belfry, one of the largest in Georgia
Georgia, Caucasus, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Akhaltsikhe area, Vardzia listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, a cave monastery built during the 12th century
View of Tbilisi looking towards Peace bridge and the Public Service Building, on the right is Rike Park Theater and Exhibition Hall.