Voyage to one of Anatolia's oldest ports
Well placed on the historic Silk Road, Trabzon was a major trade center for centuries, attracting travelers and influenced by many religions, languages, and cultures.
Aya Sofya is a striking Byzantine church similarly influenced, having morphed into a mosque, and later a museum, where impressive frescoes still decorate its walls.
Perched dramatically on a narrow ledge of a sheer cliff in the nearby forest, is the rock-hewn Sümela Monastery, where according to legend two Athenian priests found a miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary in a cave. The cave became a Rock Church, and the monastery grew around it, expanding over the centuries.
Trabzon, Turkey At a glance
Current Weather:
9°C / 49 °F
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Current Time:
4:17:02 pm2019/08/22 16:17:02 pm
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Thursday, August 22
Offset:
UTC/GMT +03:00
Currency:
Turkish Lira
Exchange Rates:
- 0.26
- 0.38
- 0.20
- 0.34
- 0.22
- 16.89
- 0.86
- 5.00
Local Details:
GPS: 41°0'5.22"N 39°43'4.08"E
Size: 188.85 KM2 (72.92 MI2)
Population: 1,254,350
Density: 6,642 Pop/KM2 (2,565 Pop/MI2)
Country Code: +90
