The land of towers in the Caucasus: 14 spectacular villages where …
The land of towers in the Caucasus: 14 spectacular villages where every house was a fortress. Posted by Ra Moon. The Caucasus mountains have been always a land of warriors and survivors. Highlanders not only have to endure severe winters in remote villages, remaining cut off from the rest of the world.
Ingush towers - Wikipedia
The Ingush Koban tribes of the North Caucasus built stone towers at the end of the first to second millennium BC. Remains of ceramics dating to the 1st millennium BC, the period of the Koban culture, were found at several megalithic dwellings.
The mysterious towers of the Caucasus - Russia Beyond
Approximately around the 13th-16th centuries, North Caucasus saw a brief revival of tower culture. Vyacheslav Argenberg/vascoplanet.com. Ingush villages had big rectangular towers for living and...
Vainakh tower architecture - Wikipedia
The Vainakh tower architecture (Chechen: Вайнахи бӀаьвнийн архитектура; Ingush: Вайнахи Гlала архитектур/Вайнахи вовнийн архитектур), also called Nakh architecture, is a characteristic feature of ancient and medieval architecture of Chechnya and Ingushetia.
Upper Svaneti - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Preserved by its long-lasting geographical isolation, the mountain landscape of the Upper Svaneti region is an exceptional example of mountain scenery with medieval villages and tower houses. The property occupies the upper reaches of the lnguri …
Towers of Svaneti – Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia - Atlas …
Jan 24, 2010 · Life was never easy in the high Caucasus. Nomads from northern steppes eager to get their hands on the riches of Mesopotamia, and Empires battling for supremacy—Assyrians, Macedonians, Persians,...
The Ingush Towers of North Caucasia - Amusing Planet
Apr 17, 2024 · The rugged terrains of North Caucasia, nestled within the Russian Federation, is dotted with ancient towers that stand as silent sentinels to an architectural tradition started centuries ago by the Ingush, Chechen, and Vainakh peoples.
The Ingush towers: Gems of medieval architecture in the North Caucasus
Fantastic early and late medieval towers in Ingushetia, North Caucasus are a not-so-well-studied architectural phenomenon in the West. They remind us of medieval towers of Northern Italy. But they are completely unique.
The Ingush, Russia’s ‘people of the towers’ - Russia Beyond
Nov 17, 2016 · Renowned for the tall towers they built for their families in the Caucasus, the Ingush have survived Stalin-era reprisals, an armed conflict with neighboring Ossetia, a Chechen war, and founded...
Visit the 11 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the Caucasus
Oct 9, 2024 · How to visit all 11 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the Caucasus (Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan). Includes transport advice and travel tips.