North Ossetia mountains. Village of Galiat. Russia. 2022. Full HD

North Ossetia mountains. Village of Galiat. Russia. 2022. Full HD

0:00 Galiat view
0:15 Digora Machu Picchu
0:35 Village of Galiat
1:34 Galiat in the Middle Ages
2:03 The Great Chinese Silk Road
2:45 Multi-storey building
3:23 Galiat nowadays
4:45 Locals
5:20 Bagira and George
6:15 Coming back to hotel

If the remains of the Belgian mining and processing factory in the village of Fasnal are the Digorsky Colosseum, you will find a link to the corresponding video in the description, then the high mountain village of Galiat is the Digora Machu Picchu ...

Galiat village is the largest and at the same time perfectly preserved archeological complex in the mountains of North Ossetia. Probably, it is the highest mountain complex of this scale in the world! It is located in the Digora Gorge on the bank of the Komidon River, 115 kilometers from the capital of the republic, Vladikavkaz.

When exactly the village of Galiat was founded is difficult to say ... But judging by the results of the study of archeological findings from the numerous graves around the settlement, it can be assumed that people lived on the site of the village as early as the Bronze Age, about three thousand years before Christ!

In the Middle Ages, Galiat flourished ... it was a large and rich settlement, which could well be called a town. About three hundred and fifty households, were more than five thousand people lived. Indeed, the village was located directly on the Great Chinese Silk Road, and as a result, trade and various crafts flourished here.

Archeologists claim that Galiat had a sewage system and water supply system even back then.

To this day, walking through the ancient settlement, you can see the remains of unique multi-storey buildings and defense towers, built of almost untreated stones. It looks simply epic!

The first floor is a barn where livestock was kept and grain was stored, people lived on the second and third floors, and the top floor was used for military purposes.

Ethnographers believe that the name of the village comes from the name of one of its founders, a native of Alagir Gorge, Galayon Gavis.

Although Galiat looks more like an open-air architectural museum, people still live here.

At the moment, of the permanent residents, there are three farms, and a few more families come for the summer.

There is electricity, television, cell phone connection and internet. There is cleanest and tastiest, but really cold water from local sources… but here the list of advantages of civilization ends.

No pharmacy, no first aid station, no store... The nearest first aid station and grocery store are in Matsuta village.

People live from agriculture and cattle breeding. They raise cows, horses, poultry... they grow the most ecological potatoes in the world...

On the street we met a big dog …

As it turned out later, Bagheera alabai is the faithful companion of one of the local residents, George ..., or Zhorik, as the villagers call him.

It is said that in a previous, simple life, George was diagnosed with an incurable, fatal disease ... the doctors predicted his imminent death ... But instead of waiting at home for inevitable death, George decided to leave the city and move to his ancestral home in Digora Canyon. And since then, he has lived in Galiat for more than ten years ... he is alive and well. George's family - Alabai Bagheera and the horse Dur Dur. He walks barefoot both in summer and winter, prepares firewood for winter, grows potatoes ... And he has already forgotten his illness ... he has not caught a single cold in all this time!

LINKS

First day:
- Walk around Vladikavkaz. Russia. North Ossetia - https://youtu.be/wZw0EZG-YLI
- North Ossetia mountains. Karmadon. Russia. Full HD - https://youtu.be/UDKHDuUOSM4
- North Ossetia mountains. Dargavs. City of the Dead. Russia. Full HD - https://youtu.be/KRW9Wpyt1-c
- North Ossetia mountains. Midagrabin Gorge - https://youtu.be/pMA7xA0c6Ls
- North Ossetia mountains. Dzivgis rock fortress. Ring waterfall. Russia - https://youtu.be/zhS8lCedxfM

Second day:
- North Ossetia mountains. Uastyrdzy - https://youtu.be/TFMQ838Qthg
- North Ossetia mountains. Sadon - https://youtu.be/d4CtOSStOzw
- North Ossetia mountains. Tsey Gorge - https://youtu.be/gM72iwjAfTM
- North Ossetia mountains. Mamison Gorge - https://youtu.be/a6m8gMCTiF0

Third day:
North Ossetia mountains. Akhsinta gorge. Matsuta - https://youtu.be/wYn9OesLUno
North Ossetia mountains. Fasnal. Underground Gallery - https://youtu.be/0Y7bhaqP7eY
North Ossetia mountains. Village of Kamunta - https://youtu.be/wnHuqxBG25g
North Ossetia mountains. Village of Galiat - https://youtu.be/k0QGN2dfCA0
North Ossetia mountains. Zadaleski Nana - https://youtu.be/oKbw77FeGBE

Story about George: https://etokavkaz.ru/selo/rossiiskii-machu-pikchu
Photo of George: by Anna Kabisova

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