Svan towers near Mestia.View of several Svan towers at dusk
Svan towers (Georgian: სვანური კოშკი, romanized:svanuri k'oshk'i) refers to the tower houses built as defensive dwellings in the Georgian historical region of Svaneti (present-day Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti). These towers are unique to the region and were primarily built between the 9th and 12th centuries, during the Georgian Golden Age.[1] However, the origins of the tower likely date back to prehistory.[2]
^World Heritage List: Upper Svaneti -- No 709 (ICOMOS Report) (Report). ICOMOS. 28 October 1993. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
^"Upper Svaneti". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
Svantowers (Georgian: სვანური კოშკი, romanized: svanuri k'oshk'i) refers to the tower houses built as defensive dwellings in the Georgian historical region...
villages' medieval characteristics, including unique defensive tower houses called Svantowers. Because of their preservation and traditional architecture...
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Middle Ages, but few now remain, notably two towers in Bologna, twenty towers in Pavia and fourteen secular towers in the small city of San Gimignano in Tuscany...
stone defensive towers of a type seen in Ushguli and Mestia proper ("Svantowers"). A typical Svan fortified dwelling consisted of a tower, an adjacent house...
striking feature of the airport. It is a modern take on the Svantowers, the medieval defensive towers that are characteristic of the region. List of airports...
population of only 28 persons, all Svans, an ethnic Georgian subgroup, as of the 2014 nationwide census. Svantowers "Population Census 2014: Number of...
Svaneti or Svanetia (Svan: შუ̂ან, ლემშუ̂ანიერა shwan, lemshwaniera, Suania in ancient sources; Georgian: სვანეთი Svaneti) is a historic province in the...
summit of Shkhara. It is surrounded by a low stone wall and defended by a Svantower standing on its west end. The Lamaria church does not appear in historical...
(1969) Native Tunes, five pieces for piano (1970) Suite for piano: Enguri SvanTower Shairi (Limericks) The Alazan Valley March (Toccata) Nikolas Baratashvili...
vol'naya svanetiya) was a name applied to the self-governing communities of Svan highlanders, originally coined by the Imperial Russian officials and explorers...
and tower-houses preserved by its long isolation. Local population still lives based on mixture of ancient traditions and Christianity. The Svans, an...
obsolete Georgian letter, and two additional letters specific to Mingrelian and Svan. Laz uses the same 33 current Georgian letters as Mingrelian plus that same...
As one of the earliest ethnographic films, it documents the life of the Svan people in the isolated mountain village of Ushguli in Svanetia, in the northwestern...
Residential towers had two or three floors, supported by a central pillar of stone blocks, and were topped with flat shale roofing. These towers have been...
of extensive Nakh-Svan contact before the advent of Iranian-speaking invaders. Thus, in order to have extensive contact with the Svans, enough for the strong...
goddess in Georgian mythology, specifically of the Svan ethnic subgroup. Like many other deities of the Svan pantheon, her name is derived from a Christian...
forces to the eastern Donbas region". Retrieved 7 April 2022. Vandiver, John; Svan, Jennifer H. (26 April 2022). "US and allies gather at Ramstein to discuss...
system. The famed Svan mountain climber Mikhail Khergiani died in a climbing accident on Monte Civetta in 1969. In 2013, a large tower of the NW side collapsed...
some Georgian scholars, Gagra is derived from Gakra meaning "walnut" in the Svan language. According to the Soviet writer Bondaryev, the name of the city...
family: Grand Cross of the Sash of the Three Orders Grand Cross of the Tower and Sword Romanian royal family: Grand Cross of the Order of Carol I, with...
Tskhomi/Tskhumi (ცხომი/ცხუმი), which in turn is supposed to be derived from Svan tskhum (ცხუმ) meaning "hornbeam tree". In Abkhaz, the city is known as Aqwa...
urban landscape is largely characterized by unregulated construction. New towers occupy formerly public spaces and overcrowded apartment buildings sprout...
took the gold, just 4.9 seconds ahead of Svan, while Karvonen finished third. In the 4 × 10 kilometer relay, Svan, the last rider of the Swedish team, took...
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