Lentekhi

Lentekhi lies in Lower Svaneti, in the valley of the Tskhenistskali beneath the Greater Caucasus. Its mountain communities preserved churches and defensive towers among forested slopes and high pastures. The district includes early medieval churches dedicated to Saint George and the Archangel, as well as a castle associated with the Dadiani princes. Valleys and mountain passes linked its Svan-speaking inhabitants to neighbouring Lechkhumi and Upper Svaneti.