Sumela Monastery (nearby)
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Sumela Monastery (nearby) is a historic Greek Orthodox monastery dramatically built into a steep cliff face in Turkey’s Pontic Mountains, renowned for its striking setting and religious frescoes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sumela Monastery (nearby) canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Orthodox monastery
ⓘ
Greek Orthodox monastery ⓘ monastery ⓘ |
| access | mountain path ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | monastic complex ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Byzantine Empire
ⓘ
Pontic Greek ⓘ
surface form:
Pontic Greeks
|
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 1200 meters above sea level ⓘ |
| foundedByTradition | two Athenian monks ⓘ |
| foundedInPeriod | Byzantine era ⓘ |
| function |
monastic residence
ⓘ
pilgrimage ⓘ religious worship ⓘ |
| hasArtworkType | frescoes ⓘ |
| hasHeritage |
Byzantine
ⓘ
Pontic Greek ⓘ |
| hasPart |
aqueduct
ⓘ
chapels ⓘ church ⓘ fountain ⓘ kitchens ⓘ library ⓘ monastic cells ⓘ sacristy ⓘ student rooms ⓘ |
| hasViewOf | Altındere National Park ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | important cultural asset of Turkey ⓘ |
| knownFor |
dramatic cliffside setting
ⓘ
pilgrimage site ⓘ religious frescoes ⓘ rock-cut architecture ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ihlara Valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Altındere Valley
Maçka district ⓘ Pontic Mountains ⓘ Trabzon Province ⓘ |
| locatedOn | steep cliff face ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| near |
Trabzon
ⓘ
surface form:
city of Trabzon
|
| region |
Black Sea region
ⓘ
surface form:
Black Sea Region of Turkey
|
| religion |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodoxy
Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ
surface form:
Greek Orthodoxy
|
| setting | forested mountain valley ⓘ |
| tourismType |
cultural tourism
ⓘ
religious tourism ⓘ |
| wallDecoration |
biblical scenes
ⓘ
saints and religious figures ⓘ |
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