Situated in the heart of Turkey’s Pontic Mountains, the Panagia Sumela Monastery, often referred to as the “Monastery on the ...
Amongits most riveting historic sites is the Sumela Monastery, one of the world’s oldest, built right into a cliff in the Pontic Mountains, overlooking the Altındere Valley. Pilgrims have been ...
Another theory suggests it was developed around the Pontic coast of northern Turkey around 3800 B.C. The third major theory ...