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Trabzon
Sumela Monastery
Sumela Monastery Turkey — known in Turkish as Sümela Manastırı (pronounced sü-MEH-lah mah-nahs-TUH-ruh), also called Meryem Ana Manastırı (Virgin Mary Monastery) or Panagia Sümela — is a Greek Orthodox monastic complex carved directly into the sheer face of Mount Karadağ (Mela Mountain) in the Altındere Valley National Park, Altındere village, Maçka district, Trabzon province, Black […]