Lentekhi

Lentekhi

Lentekhi ( _ka. ლენტეხი) is a small town and Lentekhi District's (Raion) capital in Georgia's western region of Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, 323 km northwest to the nation's capital Tbilisi. Situated on the southern slope of the Central Caucasus, the district is a site of alpinism. Area – 1,344 km²; population – 8,991 (2002).

Lentekhi ethnographically belongs to a historic Georgian province of Lower, or Kvemo Svaneti. Cultural heritage of the area includes several monuments, particularly St George's Church of Jgëræg (the 10th century), the Archangel Church of Thargizel (the 9-10th centuries), Tekal Church (the 10-11th centuries), Lentekhi Castle of the Dadiani, and the famous Svanetian towers in the village Leksuri.

See also

* Subdivisions of Georgia

External links

* [http://www.aaronhuey.com/pages/svanetiaset2.html Images of Svaneti]


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