Sumela Monastery

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Sumela Monastery is a historic Greek Orthodox monastery dramatically built into a steep cliff face in Turkey’s Pontic Mountains, renowned for its stunning setting and religious frescoes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek Orthodox monastery ⓘ
monastery ⓘ
access mountain footpath ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Monastery of the Virgin Mary at Sumela ⓘ
linked to: Sumela Monastery

Panagia Sumela ⓘ
architecturalStyle Byzantine architecture ⓘ
closedForRestorationFrom 2015 ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
currentUse museum ⓘ
dedicatedTo Virgin Mary ⓘ
elevation approximately 1200 meters above sea level ⓘ
foundedBy Barnabas of Athens ⓘ
Sophronios of Athens ⓘ
foundedInCentury 4th century ⓘ
foundedInYearApprox 386 ⓘ
governingBody Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism ⓘ
hasFeature aqueduct ⓘ
library ⓘ
monastic cells ⓘ
refectory ⓘ
rock-hewn church ⓘ
hasMurals portraits of saints ⓘ
scenes from the New Testament ⓘ
heritageDesignation Tentative UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historicalPeriod Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Empire of Trebizond ⓘ
historicalUse monastic community ⓘ
locatedIn Altındere Valley ⓘ
Pontic Mountains ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Maçka ⓘ
Trabzon Province ⓘ
locatedInRegion Black Sea Region ⓘ
linked to: Black Sea region
locatedOn steep cliff face ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
nearCity Trabzon ⓘ
notableFor cliffside location ⓘ
pilgrimage site ⓘ
religious frescoes ⓘ
overlooks Altındere stream ⓘ
partOf Altındere National Park ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
Greek Orthodoxy ⓘ
reopenedFullyIn 2020 ⓘ
reopenedPartiallyIn 2018 ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
underwentRestoration 20th century ⓘ
21st century ⓘ

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Trabzon Airport → servesTourismTo → Sumela Monastery ⓘ
Trabzon Province → contains → Sumela Monastery ⓘ
Alexios III Komnenos → patronage → Sumela Monastery ⓘ
Altındere National Park → contains → Sumela Monastery ⓘ
Altındere National Park → knownFor → Sumela Monastery ⓘ
Altındere National Park → hasCulturalHeritageSite → Byzantine-era Sumela Monastery ⓘ
linked to: Sumela Monastery
Maçka district → knownFor → Sumela Monastery ⓘ
Maçka district → contains → Sumela Monastery ⓘ
Maçka district → hasHeritageSite → Sumela Monastery ⓘ
Maçka district → hasReligiousSite → Sumela Monastery ⓘ
Sumela Monastery → alsoKnownAs → Monastery of the Virgin Mary at Sumela ⓘ
linked to: Sumela Monastery