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Photo of the Week: The Highest Settlement in Europe – Ushguli, Georgia

  • Mamuka Burduli (photo), Ia Kverghelidze (text)
  • 16 May 2010

Ushguli, pictured below, is the name of a collection of ancient villages located in the mountainous Svaneti region of northwest Georgia (the country in Europe). Ushguli is recognised as the highest settlement in Europe, set at altitudes between 2,086 and 2,200 metres above sea level. Symbolically, this highest settlement is guarded by Mt. Shkhara, the highest point in Georgia.

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