After a night of snowfall—the first of the season in Svaneti, a region high in Georgia’s Caucasus Mountains—the day has broken with icy clarity. Suddenly visible above the village of ...

What were you trying to achieve? Mariam Khatchvani: When we first started to dream about it, we wanted to establish the Svaneti Residency. I myself have taken part in similar initiatives, like Cannes' ...