The majestic Sumela Monastery in Turkey's Black Sea province of Trabzon ... were launched in February 2016, Ayvazoglu said. Built on a steep cliff at 1,200 meters in Altindere National Park ...

Sumela Monastery, also known as the Virgin Mary, in Turkey's Black Sea province of ... UNESCO's temporary list of World Heritage sites in 2000. Built on a steep cliff at 1,200 meters in Altindere ...

The impressive Sumela Monastery is built into the side of a mountain—and well worth a day trip from the Trabzon, Turkey, port, says one reader who entered our cruise contest. "In this unusual ...

The Panagia Soumela was eventually recovered by the monks and is now housed inside the Nea Sumela Monastery in northern Greece. However, some relics were smuggled out of Turkey and now reside in ...

Founded in the 4th century, Sumela is a monastic complex built into a sheer cliff ... a population exchange between Greece and Turkey. The Sumela monastery was shut for restoration in 2015 and ...

Founded in the 4th century, Sumela is a monastic complex built into a sheer cliff ... population exchange between Greece and Turkey. In 2015, the Sumela monastery was shut for restoration and ...

were built at the summits of massive monoliths that dominate the entire landscape. Others, like the Hanging Temple in China ...