Svaneti

E18229

historic region mountainous region

Svaneti is a remote mountainous region in northwestern Georgia, renowned for its medieval stone tower houses, unique Svan culture and language, and dramatic Caucasus landscapes.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Svaneti canonical	28
Upper Svaneti	16
Lower Svaneti	4
Svaneti region	3
Upper Svaneti cultural landscape	1
სვანები	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic region ⓘ mountainous region ⓘ
administrativeCenter	Mestia ⓘ
architectureStyle	stone tower houses from 9th–13th centuries ⓘ
associatedCulture	Svan culture ⓘ
borderedBy	Abkhazia ⓘ Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti ⓘ Russia ⓘ Samegrelo ⓘ
climate	humid continental climate ⓘ
contains	town of Mestia ⓘ village of Ushguli ⓘ
country	Georgia ⓘ
elevationRange	approximately 800–5000 meters above sea level ⓘ
hasCulturalElement	Svan polyphonic singing ⓘ Svan tower house architecture ⓘ Svan traditional dances ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus	UNESCO World Heritage site of Upper Svaneti ⓘ surface form: Upper Svaneti is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
hasMountain	Mount Ushba ⓘ surface form: Mount Shkhara Mount Tetnuldi ⓘ Mount Ushba ⓘ
hasRiver	Enguri River ⓘ Tskhenistskali River ⓘ
hasSkiResort	Hatsvali ski resort ⓘ Tetnuldi ski resort ⓘ
hasSubregion	Svaneti self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lower Svaneti Svaneti self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Upper Svaneti
historicalPeriodOfFlourishing	medieval period ⓘ
knownFor	UNESCO World Heritage site of Upper Svaneti ⓘ dramatic mountain landscapes ⓘ medieval stone tower houses ⓘ well‑preserved medieval villages ⓘ
languageFamily	Kartvelian languages ⓘ
locatedIn	northwestern Georgia ⓘ
locatedOn	southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus ⓘ
modernEconomy	mountain tourism ⓘ
notableFeature	defensive tower houses used by extended families ⓘ
partOf	Caucasus ⓘ surface form: Caucasus region Samegrelo ⓘ surface form: Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region
primaryLanguage	Svan language ⓘ
religion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
tourismActivity	mountaineering ⓘ skiing ⓘ trekking ⓘ
traditionalEconomy	pastoralism ⓘ subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalInhabitants	Svans ⓘ
UNESCOCriteria	(ii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear	1996 ⓘ

Referenced by (53)

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

Georgians → traditionalRegion → Svaneti ⓘ

Kartvelebi → historicalRegion → Svaneti ⓘ

Racha-Lechkhumi → borderedBy → Svaneti ⓘ

Svans → nativeName → Svaneti ⓘ

this entity surface form: სვანები

Svans → traditionalRegion → Svaneti ⓘ

Svans → culturalRegion → Svaneti ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Svaneti

Svans → UNESCOWorldHeritageContext → Svaneti ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Svaneti cultural landscape

Samegrelo → borders → Svaneti ⓘ

Svaneti → hasSubregion → Svaneti self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Svaneti

Svaneti → hasSubregion → Svaneti self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lower Svaneti

Svan language → spokenIn → Svaneti ⓘ

western Georgia → hasCulturalRegion → Svaneti ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Georgia

Racha → borderedBy → Svaneti ⓘ

Svan culture → region → Svaneti ⓘ

Svan culture → centeredIn → Svaneti ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Svaneti

Svan culture → centeredIn → Svaneti ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lower Svaneti

Svan culture → recognizedAsWorldHeritageThrough → Svaneti ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Svaneti

UNESCO World Heritage site of Upper Svaneti → locatedIn → Svaneti ⓘ

subject surface form: Upper Svaneti

this entity surface form: Svaneti region

village of Ushguli → locatedIn → Svaneti ⓘ

subject surface form: Ushguli

village of Ushguli → partOf → Svaneti ⓘ

subject surface form: Ushguli

this entity surface form: Upper Svaneti

town of Mestia → locatedIn → Svaneti ⓘ

subject surface form: Mestia

town of Mestia → region → Svaneti ⓘ

subject surface form: Mestia

town of Mestia → UNESCOSite → Svaneti ⓘ

subject surface form: Mestia

this entity surface form: Upper Svaneti

town of Mestia → locatedIn → Svaneti ⓘ

subject surface form: Mestia

this entity surface form: Upper Svaneti

town of Mestia → historicalRegion → Svaneti ⓘ

subject surface form: Mestia

Tetnuldi ski resort → locatedIn → Svaneti ⓘ

Tetnuldi ski resort → region → Svaneti ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Svaneti

Hatsvali ski resort → locatedIn → Svaneti ⓘ

Hatsvali ski resort → region → Svaneti ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Svaneti

Mestia → locatedIn → Svaneti ⓘ

Mestia → isRegionalCenterOf → Svaneti ⓘ

Mestia → historicalRegion → Svaneti ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Svaneti

Mount Ushba → region → Svaneti ⓘ

Enguri River → region → Svaneti ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Svaneti

Mount Tetnuldi → locatedIn → Svaneti ⓘ

Shkhara → partOf → Svaneti ⓘ

this entity surface form: Svaneti region

Egrisi → borders → Svaneti ⓘ

Kartvelian peoples → associatedWithRegion → Svaneti ⓘ

Georgia-Imeretia Governorate → contains → Svaneti ⓘ

Lentekhi → nearRegion → Svaneti ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Svaneti

Svan people → primaryRegion → Svaneti ⓘ

Svan people → locatedIn → Svaneti ⓘ

subject surface form: Svan tower

Svan people → historicalRegion → Svaneti ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Svaneti

Svan people → historicalRegion → Svaneti ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lower Svaneti

Svan people → ethnogenesisRegion → Svaneti ⓘ

Ushguli dialect → region → Svaneti ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Svaneti

Lushnu nin → spokenIn → Svaneti ⓘ

Erisioni → regionRepresented → Svaneti ⓘ

Lechkhumi mountains → locatedNear → Svaneti ⓘ

this entity surface form: Svaneti region

Georgian highlands → hasPart → Svaneti ⓘ