Turkey
Trabzon Province
Maçka

Sumela Monastery

Sumela Monastery is a museum and former monastery in the , in the district of . Nestled in a steep cliff at an elevation of about 1,200 metres facing the , it is a site of great historical and cultural significance, as well as a major tourist attraction within Altındere National Park.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Orthodox
  • Description: Greek Orthodox monastery and Tentative UNESCO World Heritage Site in Turkey
  • Also known as: “Meryemana Manastırı”, “Moni Panagias Soumela”, “Soumela monastery”, “Suemela Manastiri”, and “Sümela Monastery”
  • Address: Altındere - Maçka/Trabzon
Photo: Azak umit, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: reibai, CC BY 2.0.
Photo: reibai, CC BY 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Aya Varvara Church and Altındere Valley National Park.

Church
Photo: Rəcəb Yaxşı, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 350 metres south of Sumela Monastery.

Nature reserve
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, established on September 9, 1987, is a in northeastern Turkey. The national park is located in district of .

Sumela Monastery

Latitude
40.69011° or 40° 41′ 24″ north
Longitude
39.65839° or 39° 39′ 30″ east
Elevation
1,042 metres (3,419 feet)
Open location code
8GGXMMR5+29
Open­Street­Map ID
way 856740625
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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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”
  • 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: “Sumela Klooster”
  • Dutch: “Sümela Klooster”
  • Dutch: “Sumelaklooster”
  • Dutch: “Sümelaklooster”
  • Esperanto: “Monaĥejo Sümela”
  • French: “Monastere de Sumela”
  • French: “monastère de Sumela”
  • French: “Monastère de Sumela”
  • Georgian: “სუმელა”
  • German: “Kloster Sumela”
  • German: “Sumela-Kloster”
  • 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: “Sumela Manastırı”
  • 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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