As we mention before, Eastern Mediterranean has an important role on development of Christianity. The southern region of Turkey has a monumental monastery. This monastery was built by St.Simone; St.Simone who was the founder of Stylite cult had a monastery built in 6th century AD. He tough the Stylite cult in this theocratic school. It…
Ilgarini cave; A cave that has a historical background….
Caves are one of impressive natural structures of this landscape. They all have different features. This cave has also its outstanding features like having a historical background. It is one of the biggest caves of Turkey. It is fourth in the world. There are remains of settlement from late Roman and Byzantine period. It was…
Prusias ad Hypium ancient site; strategical site on the way to Constantinople
The ancient way through Constantinople from Black Sea region consists of many important ancient site. All of them had strategical and military importance in the route. One of them was Prusias ad Hypium ancient site; This site was constructed in 3rd century AD with the name of Hypios. Then the name of the city had…
Micingirt town fortress; A fortress that is like an eagle nest
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.…
St.Anna Church; One of the greatest in Trabzon
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.
Archangelos church; A forgotten heritage of Anatolian culture
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…
Penek Church ; A church named as Fortress
Eastern Anatolia is the landscape that hides very valuable heritage. One of them is a church that was built on a peak of a hill. Due to its location, it was named as fortress by local people. According to the historical sources, it was built around 1000 AD. It was a big church and it…
Ice cave; A great form of nature
Turkey is the country of underground treasures as much as historical treasures. Caves are important components of Turkish landscape. There is an interesting cave structure in Eastern Turkey ( Elazığ). Ice cave is one of the interesting caves of Turkey. There are ice structures on the walls of the cave. It has its own natural…
Harput Fortress; the fortress where milk was used for construction
Urartu civilization is one of the main characters of this landscape. Eastern Anatolia was the main land of Urartu state. One of the masterpieces of Urartu is in Elazığ province of Turkey. This fortress is known as Harput Fortress; This fortress was built in 8th century BC by Urartu State. After Urartu period, Persians dominated…
Balatlar church: A piece of Jesus’ cross was unearthed
Sinop is one of the important destinations in Black Sea region. It was named as Sinope in the ancient era. Also it is known as home of philosopher Diogenes. In addition to those features, Balatlar church complex which was located nearby the northern end of peninsula was an important religious center in ancient era. This…