Ushguli

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Ushguli is a remote highland village community in Georgia’s Svaneti region, renowned for its medieval stone towers, well-preserved Svan culture, and status as one of the highest continuously inhabited settlements in Europe.

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Label Occurrences
Ushguli canonical 18

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
rural locality ⓘ
village community ⓘ
access mountain road from Mestia ⓘ
administrativeCenter Zhibiani ⓘ
architecturalStyle traditional Svan stone architecture ⓘ
characteristic one of the highest continuously inhabited settlements in Europe ⓘ
climate alpine ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Georgia ⓘ
distanceFrom approximately 45 km from Mestia ⓘ
economicActivity animal husbandry ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
elevation approximately 2100 meters above sea level ⓘ
approximately 2200 meters above sea level ⓘ
ethnicGroup Svans ⓘ
hasCulturalRegion Svaneti ⓘ
hasFeature defensive tower houses dating from 9th–12th centuries ⓘ
hasSettlementComponent Chazhashi ⓘ
Chvibiani ⓘ
Murqmeli ⓘ
Zhibiani ⓘ
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Upper Svaneti ⓘ
knownFor medieval stone towers ⓘ
remote highland location ⓘ
traditional Svan defensive tower houses ⓘ
well-preserved Svan culture ⓘ
language Georgian ⓘ
Svan ⓘ
locatedIn Caucasus Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Caucasus

Mestia Municipality ⓘ
linked to: Mestia

Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti ⓘ
Svaneti ⓘ
near Enguri River ⓘ
Shkhara Glacier ⓘ
overlookedBy Mount Shkhara ⓘ
partOf Upper Svaneti ⓘ
linked to: Svaneti
populationCharacteristic seasonal variation due to harsh winters ⓘ
populationTrend small permanent population ⓘ
preservationStatus well-preserved medieval mountain village ensemble ⓘ
religion Georgian Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
timeZone Georgia Standard Time ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism ⓘ
trekking and hiking tourism ⓘ
UNESCOCriteria (iv) ⓘ
(v) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1996 ⓘ
UTCOffset +4 ⓘ

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Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Svan culture → notableSite → Ushguli ⓘ
Mestia → near → Ushguli ⓘ
subject linked to: town of Mestia
Mestia → nearbyAttraction → Ushguli ⓘ
Shkhara → near → Ushguli ⓘ
Ushguli dialect → spokenIn → Ushguli ⓘ
Zhibiani → partOf → Ushguli ⓘ
Chvibiani → partOf → Ushguli ⓘ
Murqmeli → partOf → Ushguli ⓘ
Lamjurishi → locatedIn → Ushguli ⓘ
Lamaria Church → locatedIn → Ushguli ⓘ
Mount Shkhara → near → Ushguli ⓘ
Mount Shkhara → visibleFrom → Ushguli ⓘ
Shchara → isNearSettlement → Ushguli ⓘ