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