Cave city, Trabzon on the Black Sea Photos

Cave dwellings, 6 floors dig underground, used by early Christians as fortifications against enemies.
Amazing ingenuity of people from all different ages.

Trabzon’s roadway and parks along the Black Sea were man made by landfill dumped into the sea to create more green space in the late 1990’s

Another Hagia Sofia (13th century) not as impressive on the outside as the one in Istanbul, but the frescos inside this one in the city of Trabzon were impressive.   Built as a church and located on a hill overlooking the Black Sea it was once a hospital, museum and mosque.

Scene where Jesus turns water to wine on the ceiling.

After visiting the Hagia Sofia we enjoyed some tea in a park overlooking the Black Sea and Trabzon

  We visited the ruins of the Kiszlar Monestary overlooking the Black Sea

Founder of modern Turkey, president Ataturk’s cottage residence overlooking the Black Sea.