Settlement in the Gagra area dates back more than two millennia. Founded as the Greek colony of Triglite in the I century BC, it later came under the influence of...
Sukhumi. Aloisi villa
Villa Aloizi is located at the approach to Chernyavsky Mountain (Sukhumi Mountain), at the intersection of Zavadskaya and Baryatinskaya streets (currently Gulia and Shotlandskaya streets). The building was constructed in...
Queen Tamara fortress
Queen Tamar's Castle towers over the southern exit of the Darial Gorge. In ancient chronicles, this place is referred to as the Alan Gates or the Sarmatian Gates. Two paths...
Zarоmag. Osetian settlements: Tibtsna, Volta and Satat
The Zaramag Gorge is situated at an elevation of approximately 1,700–1,800 meters above sea level, between the Main Watershed Range and the Lateral Range of the Greater Caucasus. The gorge...
Zgilsky ridge view. Mamison pass road
The Zgil Range is located on the northern slope of the Greater Caucasus Range. The name of the Zgil Range is associated with the abandoned high-altitude settlement of Zgil (at...
Zgilsky ridge view. Mamison pass road
The Zgil Range is located on the northern slope of the Greater Caucasus Range. The name of the Zgil Range is associated with the abandoned high-altitude settlement of Zgil (at...