Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label History. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Guria - Side of Georgia

Guria is a region in Georgia, in the western part of Country, bordered by the black sea in eastern. Look at the map: This is guria on the map of Georgia As for the etymology of the name of Guria, some say that the root of the word refers to restlessness and the word should mean “the land of the restless” and may be associated with events during the eighth and ninth centuries when “Leon became the King of Abkhazeti, Guruls refused to obey the...

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Svaneti - Side of Georgia

The landscape of Svaneti is dominated by mountains that are separated by deep gorges. This is resort of winter, good place for skiers. Here comes many tourists, there is beautiful sights of mountains in svaneti. Also there are old towers built by svani (people who live in svaneti). Look at these photos... There is part of Georgian history. There still live people in svaneti. They have reserved their culture. You will be surprised when...