Ushguli
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.3|The historic region of Upper Svaneti in Georgia Ushguli ( ) is a community of five medieval villages located at the head of the Enguri gorge in Svaneti, Georgia. Ushguli 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
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Place details
- Locality
- უშგული
- Region
- სამეგრელო-ზემო სვანეთი
- Country
- საქართველო
- Population
- 228
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Ushguli
- Settlement.native_name
- უშგული
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Ushguli_Svaneti_Georgia.JPG
- Settlement.imagesize
- 280px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Ushguli
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Georgia#Georgia Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
- Settlement.pushpin_label
- Ushguli
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 280
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Ushguli in Georgia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Mkhare
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Mestia
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2014
- Settlement.population_total
- 228
- Settlement.timezone
- Georgian Time
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +4
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Location and features
- Constituent villages of Ushguli
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|upright=1.3|The historic region of Upper Svaneti in Georgia Ushguli ( ) is a community of five medieval villages located at the head of the Enguri gorge in Svaneti, Georgia. Ushguli 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.
==Location and features==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ushguli” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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