Sümela Monastery, one in every of Türkiye’s essential spiritual tourism websites, has attracted guests’ consideration at evening with its glittering look on its steep slope.
The monastery, which was constructed by carving rocks at a top of 300 meters (985 toes) in Karadağ’s Altındere Valley within the Maçka district of Trabzon, is popularly referred to as the “Virgin Mary.” It provides its friends a scenic expertise blended with nature, historical past and tradition in all seasons and can be on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List.
The website was closed to guests in September 2015 as a result of danger of landslides and in February 2016, restoration was began by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The restoration included landscaping, geological and geotechnical analysis, and strengthening of the rock formations. Upon 65% completion of the venture, the monastery partially reopened for the general public on July 28, 2020. The third stage of the restoration, which incorporates the internal courtyard, was accomplished later and the part was reopened to guests on July 1, 2021. It hosted 340,000 guests throughout this time.
Excavations and cleansing have been carried out in each the “cemetery chapel,” which had not been researched earlier than, and the “hidden chapel,” with new wall work within the monastery.
Teams are additionally engaged on erasing the graffiti scrawled on the frescoes within the sanctuary. While the work contained in the monastery continues, the landscaping was accelerated. In this context, the outside illumination of the monastery was additionally accomplished.
Sümela, which has inside, exterior, aqueducts and environmental lighting, will supply a distinct magnificence at evening with its glittering facade on the steep slope. Provincial Culture and Tourism Director Tamer Erdoğan advised Anadolu Agency (AA) that Sümela Monastery has a novel magnificence resulting from its location.
Drawing consideration to the monastery’s significance in spiritual tourism, Erdoğan acknowledged that on this context, Sümela Monastery contributes to tourism within the area and the nation.
Pointing out that the illumination set up was accomplished in about eight months, Erdoğan mentioned, “As a result of very careful and meticulous work by the technical team of the ministry, the technical infrastructure of the lighting work has been completed. Now to add another beauty to the monastery, we hope 2023 will host more visitors.”
According to sources, many components of Sümela Monastery have been renovated within the 18th century, and a few of its partitions have been adorned with frescoes. With the addition of huge buildings within the nineteenth century, the monastery gained an impressive look.
Sümela Monastery consists of the primary rock church, a number of chapels, a kitchen, scholar rooms, a guesthouse, a library and a holy spring. The frescoes on the partitions of caves and chapels are thought to belong to completely different intervals, spanning from the twelfth to the nineteenth centuries.
