Sümela Monastery
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Greek Orthodox monastery and Tentative UNESCO World Heritage Site in Turkey
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Within Vinony's link graph, Sümela Monastery is referenced by 147 other articles, and connects out to Altındere Valley National Park, Greek and Turkish.
The entry is geolocated on the map in landmark.
It is catalogued under topics including 386 establishments, 4th-century establishments in the Byzantine Empire and Archaeological sites in the Black Sea region.
Its subject is documented across 31 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Established
- c. 386 CE
- Status
- Ruins
- Functional status
- Tourist attraction
- Heritage designation
- Tentative UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Location
- Maçka , Trabzon Province , Turkey
- Public access
- Yes
- Website
- www .sumela .gov .tr
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- archaeological site
- Country
- Turkey
- Located in
- Maçka
- Dedicated to
- Dormition of the Mother of God
- Official website
- www.sumela.gov.tr
- Image
- Sumela Monastery (2674159860).jpg
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- Commons category
- Sumela Monastery
- located in/on physical feature
- Black Sea Region
- heritage designation
- Tentative World Heritage Site
- native label
- Παναγία Σουμελά
- inception
- 0386-00-00
- diocese
- Metropolis of Rodopoli
- located in protected area
- Altındere Valley National Park
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Encyclopedic overview
The monastery is on a ledge in a steep cliff Sumela Monastery as illustrated in a postcard addressed in 1903 The "back yard" of the monastery in 2006
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, Turkey.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sümela Monastery” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.