Tourexpi
The ancient Sumela
Monastery in Türkiye’s Black Sea province of Trabzon province offers nature,
history and culture to its visitors and has hosted nearly 600,000 visitors, a
Turkish official said.
"After the
restoration, the monastery reopened on July 1, 2021, and welcomed 597,742
visitors until June 29, 2023, despite being closed for certain periods,"
Tamer Erdogan, the director of the provincial directorate of culture and
tourism in Trabzon, told Anadolu.
Also known as Mother
Mary, or Virgin Mary, it is carved out of rocks in a wooded area on the slope
of Mt. Karadag in Macka – 300 meters (984 feet) above the Altindere Valley.
The monastery, which
is included in UNESCO's temporary list of World Heritage sites, was reopened
for religious practice on Aug. 15, 2010, with permission from the Culture and
Tourism Ministry, following decades-long hiatus.
The world-famous
Sumela Monastery, one of Türkiye’s important religious tourism sites, was
closed to visitors in September 2015 due to the risk of rockfall.
The restoration of
the monastery complex began in February 2016 and was completed after
landscaping, geological and geotechnical research, and strengthening of the
rocks.
The ancient building
reopened on July 1, 2021, and was temporarily closed on Nov. 1 the same year
due to the risk of rockfall. It was opened again in May last year.
Image Credit: © AA
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