Turkish Northern Eastern region was an Urartu domination field. The hill that this fortress was built was former Urartu settlement field. There used to be Urartu graves and an Urartu cistern. It was built in 1200’s. Then Romans and Byzantines used this fortress. Archeological works proved us that it had used for a long time. Walls of the fortress and […]

Trabzon was an important region for Christianity. St.Anna church was one of three oldest church. It was built between 884 and 885 AD. In addition to this period, there were icons from other periods of Byzantines. This is the region of Greek Pontus state. We can see more monumental churches in the city and region.

As we mention , this landscape has multi-cultural structure and we can come across traces of this culture everywhere in Turkey. This cultural structure has a valuable and priceless heritage. A church was constructed in Black Sea region. Its name was Archangelos church. It was dedicated to head angels especially to Michael. It had a classical church plan. The period […]