After a long restoration work imminent danger To its immediate surroundings, the historic Sumela Monastery in Northern Turkey will finally be fully opened on Sunday.
The monastery is an architectural masterpiece on The face of steep mountain in Trabzon province lies under a gigantic 360-ton boulder jutting out from the cliff, hanging precariously. over monastery. Steel stakes, each 16 m (52.4 ft) long, were used to strengthen and preserve the rock. in that it place.
Trabzon Governor Ismail Ustaoglu told Demiroren News Agency (DHA) on Friday that the monastery that was previously closed three times Temporarily while restoring in Restoration since February 2016. Huge boulders above the site have forced the authorities to take additional measures such as erosion over the time made even them more Dangerous >> adjective. Explosives were used to rip a part of The rock while the climbers installed the steel nets against the fall of Pieces of rock. Inclusive work Since November 2021 to keep the rock intact with steel stakes.
conservative says was the restoration already Done last yearBut more reparation work It was requiredAlong with procedures against the rock. From Sunday, visitors can safely visit all parts of monastery,” assured public. He said they were expecting more Site visitors as restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, especially the mandatory mask rule, has been uploaded. he said also added more Flights to Trabzon Airport, including a flight from Tel Aviv, will be opened on Monday to draw more County visitors.
The monastery is also known as Mother Mary, or the Virgin Mary, and it is carved out of rocks in wooded area on slope of Karadağ . mountain in Macka – 300 meters (984 ft) above the Altender Valley.
It is included in temporary UNESCO list of World Heritage sites. The monastery reopened for religious practice on August 15, 2010 with Permission from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, after 88-year gap. Five years later, it was closed over The risk of The rocks fell off and went into a long restoration process later.
After a long restoration work imminent danger To its immediate surroundings, the historic Sumela Monastery in Northern Turkey will finally be fully opened on Sunday.
The monastery is an architectural masterpiece on The face of steep mountain in Trabzon province lies under a gigantic 360-ton boulder jutting out from the cliff, hanging precariously. over monastery. Steel stakes, each 16 m (52.4 ft) long, were used to strengthen and preserve the rock. in that it place.
Trabzon Governor Ismail Ustaoglu told Demiroren News Agency (DHA) on Friday that the monastery that was previously closed three times Temporarily while restoring in Restoration since February 2016. Huge boulders above the site have forced the authorities to take additional measures such as erosion over the time made even them more Dangerous >> adjective. Explosives were used to rip a part of The rock while the climbers installed the steel nets against the fall of Pieces of rock. Inclusive work Since November 2021 to keep the rock intact with steel stakes.
conservative says was the restoration already Done last yearBut more reparation work It was requiredAlong with procedures against the rock. From Sunday, visitors can safely visit all parts of monastery,” assured public. He said they were expecting more Site visitors as restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, especially the mandatory mask rule, has been uploaded. he said also added more Flights to Trabzon Airport, including a flight from Tel Aviv, will be opened on Monday to draw more County visitors.
The monastery is also known as Mother Mary, or the Virgin Mary, and it is carved out of rocks in wooded area on slope of Karadağ . mountain in Macka – 300 meters (984 ft) above the Altender Valley.
It is included in temporary UNESCO list of World Heritage sites. The monastery reopened for religious practice on August 15, 2010 with Permission from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, after 88-year gap. Five years later, it was closed over The risk of The rocks fell off and went into a long restoration process later.