Shenako ( ka, შენაქო, also spelled Shenak'o or Shenaqo) is a highland village in the eastern
Georgian
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region
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of
Kakheti
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Shenako located 2070 meters above sea level on the southern slope of the
Greater Caucasus, in the historical-geographical area of
Tusheti, some 100 km northeast of the
municipal center of
Akhmeta, close to the border with
Dagestan
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Russia
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Shenako is one of the few still populated villages in highland Tusheti, but is only accessible by land through a
4WD
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. The village is overlooked by
Mount Diklo and contains a series of buildings of Georgian folk architecture and the old church of the
Holy Trinity
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Tusheti: Historical overview
. ''Tusheti National Park''. Retrieved on 2008-07-29. built in 1843. Right behind this church there is one of the sanctuaries niche - a relic of pagan beliefs, which subsequently were adapted and became intertwined with Christianity.
See also
* Kakheti
Kakheti ( ka, კახეთი ''K’akheti''; ) is a region (mkhare) formed in the 1990s in eastern Georgia from the historical province of Kakheti and the small, mountainous province of Tusheti. Telavi is its capital. The region comprises eigh ...
References
External links
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Tusheti Tours
Populated places in Kakheti
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