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Recommended sightseeing time:1-3 hours
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Altındere, 61750 Maçka/Trabzon, TurkeyMap
Phone+90 462 531 10 64
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A monastery built to stick to the quay, less than an hour by car from the town of Trabson.
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Sümela Monastery Highlights: Must-See Features and Attractions
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The monastery was built in AD 386. The legends about the construction of the monastery are still spreading in this beautiful place. Just like many historical buildings, with the changes of the times, no matter how majestic buildings will be destroyed and become ruins . The Sumela monastery could not escape this fate either. The monastery we see today was built in the 13th century by Alaxios III. But compared with other historical buildings that have been turned into ruins, the monastery is lucky, because during the Ottoman period, the monastery still maintained the size of the 13th century, not destroyed, but received more protection from the Ottoman dynasty, maybe As the rumors say, this is the monastery of divine protection.
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A monastery built to stick to the quay, less than an hour by car from the town of Trabson.
A Greek monastery hidden deep in the mountains.