Really feel the magic of the Sumela Monastery

Sumela Monastery is committed to a Greek Monastery of the Virgin Mary. Which is also known as Flavius ​​Theodosius - According to legend, the monastery from two Greek priest named Barnabas and Sophronius in 386 AD in the course of the reign of the Roman Emperor Theodosius was I. (395 379), was established. It was founded in 1923 in abundance and later became museum and popular tourist destination in Turkey, since it is in a spectacular place, structure and thoughts blowing frescoes from the 18th century.

In this article you can see some stunning images of Sumela Monastery see that is going to blow your mind and are gonna make you really feel like you are there, and get pleasure from the beauty of Sumela.

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Image by David Bacon by means of Flickr

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Image by Simon hook through Flickr

Image by Simon hook through Flickr

Sumela Monastery is a 1600 years old Greek Orthodox monastery. The monastery is situated at 1200 meters altitude on the steep cliffs. It is situated close to Macka region is Trabzon city of Turkey. Its beautiful place (it is constructed on the rocks), structural and landscape makes Sumela monastery one particular of the most spectacular and the most visited places in Turkey.

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With Bjørn Christian Torrissen [CC-BY-SA-3. or GFDL], by means of Wikimedia Commons

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Image by Simon hook via Flickr

Tourist can appreciate in the lovely ancient architecture, mind blowing frescoes from the 18th century on the walls of the monastery, awesome landscapes, lovely mountains, clean and fresh air, and so forth. Sumela Monastery is painted a great destination for lovers of wonderful nature and ancient architecture.

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Image by Ohad Cadji by way of Flickr

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Image by Ryan Ward through Flickr

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Image by Ryan Ward through Flickr

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Image by Ryan Ward through Flickr

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Image by Julien Lagarde through Flickr

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