Středověk (jinak) trvá #38 Svanetie. Středověké poklady ukryté za hradbou hor

FOLETTI, Ivan, Jiří MACHÁČEK, Gajane ACHVERDJANOVÁ, Katarína KRAVČÍKOVÁ, Jana ČERNOCKÁ and Klára DOLEŽALOVÁ. Středověk (jinak) trvá #38 Svanetie. Středověké poklady ukryté za hradbou hor (The Middle Ages (differently) last #38 Svaneti. Medieval treasures hidden behind mountain walls). In Podcast Středověk (jinak) trvá. Brno, 2024.

Basic information

• Original name: Středověk (jinak) trvá #38 Svanetie. Středověké poklady ukryté za hradbou hor
• Name (in English): The Middle Ages (differently) last #38 Svaneti. Medieval treasures hidden behind mountain walls
• Authors: FOLETTI, Ivan, Jiří MACHÁČEK, Gajane ACHVERDJANOVÁ, Katarína KRAVČÍKOVÁ, Jana ČERNOCKÁ and Klára DOLEŽALOVÁ.
• Edition: Brno, Podcast Středověk (jinak) trvá, 2024.

Other information

• Original language: Czech
• Type of outcome: Popularizing texts and activities
• Field of Study: 60401 Arts, Art history
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• Keywords (in Czech): Středověk; Dějiny umění; Archeologie
• Keywords in English: Middle Ages; Podcast; History of Art; Archeology; Relevance of Humanities

Abstract (in English)

Even in today's globalized world, there are still places that are completely unspoiled by mass tourism. And in them, treasures that are forbidden to the ordinary mortal eye to see. However fanciful it may sound, Svanetia is just such a place. A Georgian region, guarded against the (aggressive) advances of Western civilization by a wall of high mountains, but also by ancient family clans that have been passing down the keys to their churches and protecting the jewels hidden inside for centuries. So successfully that they have escaped not only the imperial policies of the Soviet Union but, until recently, the attention of academia. Art historian Ivan Foletti and archaeologist Jiří Macháček talk about the fragile treasures hidden in this region, its golden and silver objects, and its muddy high mountain roads in the 38th episode of our podcast.