Beautiful byzantine frescoes on the exterior walls of the main church (a "cavechurch") of Sumela Monastery, Trabzon
Here you can see the facade of the main cave-church of the monastery, fully covered with frescoes. Sumela Monastery (called by the locals "Meryemana") was for centuries, since the byzantine years and until 1922, when the exchange of populations, between Greece and Turkey took place, the most important Greek-Orthodox monastery in the whole Black Sea region. Nowadays it's a museum.
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Location: Sumela monastery, Altindere Valley, Trabzon, Black Sea, Turkey
Photo credit: © Hercules Milas / Alamy / Afripics
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