Jvar reservoir - Level measurement device. Webcam Gal

Webcam Gala is located on the territory of the Javar reservoir.

It is directed to the water level measuring device. This artificial reservoir is considered one of the most picturesque in Abkhazia, because it is surrounded by the Caucasus Mountains. The locals call the reservoir the "Gal Sea".

The easternmost Abkhazian city of Gal, whose webcams are available on the site, has a long history and traditions.

It is located on a plain, but is still surrounded by the Caucasus Mountains. Snow-capped peaks can be seen from anywhere in the city.
Archaeologists suggest that the first people settled in this area in the Paleolithic era. They were mainly engaged in metal processing. At the same time, this place was formed as a city later, in the Middle Ages.
In the Middle Ages, the estate of a revered landowner was located here. This man was so rich that the remains of a tower were found on the supposed territory of his estate. This building was used to protect the house. Although the founder of Gala, whose webcams will allow you to enjoy the nature of the area, is considered the peasant Ketsba Tlabgan.
Over time, the inhabitants began to develop agriculture and go hunting. Cattle, poultry and horses were actively bred here. It is noteworthy that every year the population had to present a thoroughbred stallion to the ruler of the Samurzakan principality (the historical name of the territory).

At the end of the XIX century. a highway was built through Gal, which connected Novorossiysk and Batumi.

This led to the rapid development of the city. Merchants began to pass here, schools, colleges, places of worship were opened. From a small village, it turned into a county center.
After the October Revolution, new collective farms appeared here and the first tea factory in Abkhazia was opened. A year after the opening, Gal took first place in the country among all tea factories. In the vastness of the USSR, a drink made from leaves collected in this area was considered one of the best in terms of taste.
In 1931 a railway was built here. It connected Georgia with the Krasnodar Territory. After the war on the territory of Abkhazia, in the early 90s, the road was dismantled. Now the city can only be reached by car.
Since before the war in Gala most of the population were Mingrelian Georgians, this is one of the few Abkhaz cities in which the culture of this nationality has been preserved. Until now, local residents do not speak Russian or Abkhazian, but Megrelian.

Now Gal is a city that is rarely visited by tourists, since it is located 10 km from the Georgian border and the situation here is unstable, but thanks to webcams, you can walk along the streets of this place online, the nature here is also fascinating, as in any other city of sunny Abkhazia.