village of Chazhashi

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The village of Chazhashi is a historic Svan settlement in Georgia renowned for its medieval stone tower-houses and inclusion in the UNESCO-listed Upper Svaneti cultural landscape.

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village of Chazhashi canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Svan village
historic settlement
village
climateZone mountain climate
continent Asia
Europe
country Georgia
culturalRegion Svaneti NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Svans NERFINISHED
governedBy Mestia local authorities NERFINISHED
hasArchitecturalStyle vernacular Svan architecture
hasBuildingType Svan tower NERFINISHED
stone dwelling house
hasConstructionMaterial stone
hasCulturalSignificance well-preserved medieval mountain village
hasDefensiveFeature clustered tower-houses
hasFunction defensive settlement
residential settlement
hasHeritageStatus cultural landscape
hasHistoricPeriod medieval
hasLandscapeType mountain valley settlement
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageId 709
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
inhabitedBy Svans NERFINISHED
knownFor defensive tower-houses
medieval stone tower-houses
traditional Svan architecture
locatedIn Upper Svaneti NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeUnit Mestia Municipality NERFINISHED
locatedInMountainRange Caucasus Mountains NERFINISHED
locatedInProtectedArea Upper Svaneti World Heritage property NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti NERFINISHED
locatedOnRiver Enguri River NERFINISHED
partOf Upper Svaneti cultural landscape NERFINISHED
highland communities of Georgia
historic region of Svaneti
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
tourismType cultural tourism
heritage tourism
traditionalLanguage Svan NERFINISHED
UNESCOCriteria (ii)
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UNESCOListingYear 1996
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory cultural
worldHeritageSiteOf Upper Svaneti NERFINISHED

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UNESCO World Heritage site of Upper Svaneti contains village of Chazhashi
subject surface form: Upper Svaneti