TRABZON, 17 July (BelTA - Anadolu) - Centuries-old frescoes that decorate the walls of the world-renowned Sumela Monastery in Türkiye’s Black Sea province of Trabzon are being meticulously restored to ...

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Opening for visitors after three-year restoration work, the Sümela Monastery was visited by 50 thousand tourists in June. Officials say their target is 500 thousand for this year. The monastic complex ...

"If we were a nation targeting other symbols of other beliefs, the Sümela Monastery, which we have had for five centuries, would have gone forever now," the President has said. The second part of the ...

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Trabzon, Turkey (CNN) — If its ancient walls could talk, Sümela Monastery in eastern Turkey would have quite a few stories to tell. Since its founding in the 4th century CE by some of the earliest ...