Sumela Monastery

Sumela Monastery is a museum and former monastery in the , in the district of . Dating back to ancient times, it was in use until the Greco-Turkish population exchange in 1923.
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  • Orthodox church
  • …lies at an elevation of around 1,040 metres (3,420 feet)
  • Description: Greek Orthodox monastery and Tentative UNESCO World Heritage Site in Turkey
  • Address: Altındere - Maçka/Trabzon
  • Also known as
    “Meryemana Manastırı”
    “Moni Panagias Soumela”
    “Soumela monastery”
    “Suemela Manastiri”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Aya Varvara Church and Altındere Valley National Park.
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is situated 350 metres south of Sumela Monastery.
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Sumela Monastery

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Latitude
40.69011° or 40° 41′ 24″ north
Longitude
39.65839° or 39° 39′ 30″ east
Open location code
8GGXMMR5+29
Open­Street­Map ID
way 856740625
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monastery
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tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­orthodox
Geo­Names ID
7549099
Wiki­data ID
Q1419157

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Sumela Monastery” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دير سوميلا”
  • Armenian: “Սումելա վանք”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sümela monastrı”
  • Basque: “Sumela monasterioa”
  • Bulgarian: “манастир „Сумела“”
  • Bulgarian: “Света Богородица Сумела”
  • Catalan: “Monestir de la Santíssima Mare de Déu de Sumelà”
  • Catalan: “Monestir de Sumelà”
  • Chinese: “苏美拉修道院”
  • Czech: “Klášter Sumela”
  • Dutch: “Sümela Klooster”
  • Esperanto: “Monaĥejo Sümela”
  • French: “Monastère de Sumela”
  • Georgian: “სუმელა”
  • German: “Kloster Sumela”
  • German: “Sümela-Kloster”
  • Greek: “Μονή Παναγίας Σουμελά”
  • Greek: “Μονή Σουμελά”
  • Greek: “Παναγία Σουμελά”
  • Hebrew: “מנזר סומלה”
  • Hungarian: “Sümela kolostor”
  • Hungarian: “Sumela”
  • Indonesian: “Biara Sumela”
  • Italian: “Monastero di Sumela”
  • Japanese: “スメラ修道院”
  • Lithuanian: “Sumelos vienuolynas”
  • Macedonian: “Манастир Сумела”
  • Malay: “Biara Sumela”
  • Persian: “صومعه سوملا”
  • Polish: “Monaster Sumela”
  • Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Sumela”
  • Russian: “Монастырь Сумела”
  • Russian: “Монастырь Сюмела”
  • Russian: “Панагия Сумела”
  • Russian: “Сумела”
  • Serbian: “Манастир Сумела”
  • Slovenian: “Samostan Sumela”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de Sumela”
  • Tamil: “சுமேலா குருமார் மடம்”
  • Turkish: “Sümela Manastırı”
  • Turkish: “Sümela”
  • Turkish: “Sümele manastırı müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Монастир Сумела”
  • Ukrainian: “Панагія Сумела”
  • Ukrainian: “Панагія Сумелі”
  • Uzbek: “Sümela Manastırı”
  • Vietnamese: “Tu viện Sümela”

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