10 Facts About Georgia

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10 Facts About Georgia

 

  • Cradle of Wine - Winemaking has been practiced in Georgia for over 8,000 years.
  • There is a distinctive winemaking technology: grape juice together with the seeds and skin is buried under the ground in clay vessels called “Qvevri”
  • Unique alphabet – one of 14 independent alphabets in the world.
  • Three cultural monuments which are included into UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
  • Georgian Polyphonic Singing has been added to UNESCO’s Intangible Heritage
  • Tushetian village Bochorna and Svanetian commune Ushguli are Europe’s highest permanently inhabited settlements
  • The first human civilization outside of Africa has been discovered in Georgia (the remains of that settlement are 1, 75 million years old)
  • It is one of the most ecologically diverse countries in the world, with climatic zones ranging from subtropical and high alpine to semi-desert.
  • When it comes to the height of its mountains and variety of available treks, Georgia’s High Caucasus offers a lot of options to the mountaineers.
  • Georgia is a paradise for freeriders and heli-skiers