Sumela Monastery (Greek: Μονή Παναγίας Σουμελά, Moní Panagías Soumelá; Turkish: Sümela Manastırı) is a museum and former Greek Orthodox monastery in the Pontic Mountains, in the Maçka district of Trabzon Province in modern Turkey.

Sumela monastery is near Trabzon, Turkey and is a popular tourist site. Here are my pictures and history as explained to me by my guides. Includes info on the legend of the Black Madonna.

2022年3月20日 · The Sumela Monastery is nestled on a sheer cliff around 1,200 meters or 3,900 feet above sea level overlooking the Altindere Valley. It is truly a dramatic site and reminds one of other extremely placed monasteries around the world - like the impossibly situated Fanjingshan Buddhist monastery in China .

2020年11月24日 · Perched on the edge of a sheer cliff-face 300 meters high in the heart of beautiful Altindere National Park, stands Sumela Monastery, a picturesque Byzantine monastery dedicated to the Virgin Mary.

2024年9月3日 · Nestled in a steep cliff of Karadag Mountain in the remote mountainous region of Macka in Trabzon, the Sumela Monastery is probably one of the most epic monasteries ever built in the world.

Sumela is 1600 year old ancient Orthodox monastery located at a 1200 meters height on the steep cliff at Macka region of Trabzon city in Turkey. The monastery is constructed on rocks reached by a path through the forest.

2024年8月30日 · Perched on high in the Pontic Mountains of Turkey, Sumela Monastery is one of those places that seems to have come straight from a Harry Potter book of architecture. Cut from a vertical cliff, this Byzantine monastery has been around for more than one thousand years.

Sumela was a significant pilgrimage destination for the Black Sea Greeks and renowned for its healing ayazma (sacred spring). It was also a centre for the training of monks. The monastery was regarded as sacred due to its association with an icon that was believed to have performed a …

2016年11月7日 · The Sumela Monastery is a Greek Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Virgin Mary, located on Melá Mountain within the Pontic Mountains in the Trabzon Province in northeast modern-day Turkey. Built in the 4th century, the monastery is one of the oldest monasteries in the Christian world, though it is no longer located in a Christian country.

2023年9月4日 · Planning on visiting Sümela Monastery? Book an organised tour from Trabzon. Built in a seemingly impossible spot, Sümela Monastery is perched on the edge of a rugged cliff in the Pontic mountains in northern Turkey, overlooking the lush forests below.