Georgia’s second or third highest mountain, Mount Kazbek (5,054 m), and the Church of the Holy Trinity on the mountain.
(June 2026)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landschaften, #landscapes, #Berge, #mountains, #Kasbek, #Stepantsminda, #Georgien, #Georgia, #Kaukasus, #Caucasia

Although not yet two years old, this sheepdog, with its massive build, is already quite intimidating (in Ushguli, Upper Svaneti, Georgia).
I think this breed is called the Caucasian Ovcharka.
(May 2026)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Hunde, #dogs, #Hirtenhunde, #shepherd_dogs, #animals, #Ober_Swanetien, #Upper_Svaneti, #Georgien, #Georgia, #Kaukasus, #Caucasia

A richly carved chair for the head of a family from Ushguli in Upper Svaneti (Georgia). The chair has, however, been newly carved based on an old model and is on display in a private house museum.
Wood carving is one of the Svan people’s outstanding crafts.
(May 2026)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Holzschnitzerei, #wood_carvings, #Ältestenstuhl, #chair, #Handwerke, #handicrafts, #Svans, #Ushguli, #Ober_Swanetien, #Upper_Svaneti, #Georgien, #Georgia, #Kaukasus, #Caucasia

In the village of Barshi (Etseri municipality, Upper Svaneti, Georgia, Caucasus), situated at an altitude of over 1,600 metres, stands what is believed to be the tallest defensive and residential tower (koshki) in Svaneti. The village was the seat of the regional Svan noble family, the Dadeshkeliani, who ruled over part of Upper Svaneti.
Apart from the koshki, only a few walls of the Dadeshkelianis’ former castle remain.
(May 2026)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Türme, #towers, #Wehrtürme, #Wohntürme, #defensive_towers, #Dadeshkeliani, #Ober_Swanetien, #Upper_Svanetia, #Georgien, #Georgia, #Kaukasus, #Caucasia

Give me a kiss ...
(seen in Upper Svaneti, Georgia, Caucasus)
(May 2026)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Pferde, #horses, #animals, #Ober_Swanetien, #Upper_Svanetia, #Georgien, #Georgia, #Kaukasus, #Caucasia

Stepanzminda (Qasbegi) on the River Terek (Tergi) and the historic Georgian Military Highway, which links Georgia with the Russian Caucasus. The small border town in northeastern Georgia lies at an altitude of 1,700 metres.
(June 2026)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Städteansichten, #town_views, #Stepantsminda, #Landschaften, #landscapes, #Berge, #mountains, #Georgien, #Georgia, #Kaukasus, #Caucasia

In the Caucasus Mountains on the way to Stepantsminda (Qasbegi) in northern Georgia.
(June 2026)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landschaften, #landscapes, #Berge, #(mountains, #Georgien, #Georgia, #Kaukasus, #Caucasia

View from Stepantsminda (Qasbegi) of Georgia’s second or third highest mountain, Mount Kazbek (5,054 m), and the Church of the Holy Trinity on the mountain.
(June 2026)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landschaften, #Berge, #mountains, #Kasbek, #Stepantsminda, #Georgien, #Georgia, #Kaukasus, #Caucasia

The mountains in the Khevsureti-Pshavi region (north-eastern Georgia).
(June 2026)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landschaften, #landscapes, #Berge, #mountains, #Pshavi, #Khevsureti, #Georgien, #Georgia, #Kaukasus, #Caucasia

A flock of a few hundred sheep briefly blocks a road in the Pshavi region (north-eastern Georgia).
(June 2026)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Schafe, #sheep, #animals, #Auftrieb, #Pshavi, #Georgien, #Georgia, #Kaukasus, #Caucasia