A wall relief in the town of Zugdidi, the centre of the Mingrelia region in western Georgia. It is thought to depict various human achievements.
(May 2026)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
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The Palace of the Princes of Mingrelia (Samegrelo, Western Georgia, Caucasus), of the Dadiani dynasty. The palace was built between 1860 and 1890, after which it was destroyed by fire twice and rebuilt.
(May 2026)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
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Barn from the western Georgian region of Mingrelia (Megrelia) in the Tbilisi Open Air Museum.
(November 1984)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
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