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

Snow still covers the higher mountains in the Khevsureti and Pshavi regions of north-eastern Georgia.
(June 2026)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landschaften, #landscapes, #Berge, #mountains, #snow, #Khevsureti, #Pshavi, #Georgia, #Caucasia, #Kaukasus

Bridge over troubled water in the Pshavi region of NE Georgia (Caucasia) - the Pshavis Aragvi river.
(June 2026)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Brücken, #bridges, #Flüsse, #rivers, #Landschaften, #landscapes, #Pshavis_Aragvi, #Pshavi, #Georgia, #Georgien, #Kaukasus, #Caucasia

A village on a mountainside in Lower Khevsureti (north-eastern Georgia, Caucasus).
(June 2026)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landscapes, #Landschaften, #Berge, #Mountains, #Khevsureti, #Georgia, #Georgien, #Caucasia, #Kaukasus

Horses grazing freely in the countryside (Georgia, Caucasus). They usually stay outdoors during the summer and are rounded up when necessary.
(May 2026)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Pferde, #horses, #animals, #Landschaften, #landscapes, #Berge, #mountains, #Ushguli, #Upper_Svaneti, #Ober_Swanetien, #Georgia, #Georgien, #Kaukasus, #Caucasia

The main street of Mestia, the main town of Upper Svaneti (Georgia, Caucasus)
(May 2026)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
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The Mountain Path – 山道 – A Film by Edward A. Burger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7RqVBG4tVQ

A journey deep into the remote valleys of China’s Zhongnan Mountains to meet Buddhist hermits upholding a centuries-old tradition of solitude, simplicity, and awakening. https://www.edwardaburger.com/

#Buddhismus #Buddhisten #China #EdwardABurger #Film #Landschaften #OrteRäume #TheMountainPath #TheZhongnanMountains