TRABZON

Like Ordu, Trabzon too was established by traders from Sinope around 1000 B.C. what's more, today it is the most essential city in the area. It inclines with its back against the Eastern Black Sea mountains and it is a vital port city. The city is celebrated for its normal and chronicled treasures. The well known antiquarian Xenophan got lost and touched base in Trapezos with the rest of his 10.000 fighters. He says that the neighborhood individuals were truly glad to see them. The city has key significance since it is situated toward the start of the street that interfaces Black Sea drift to Iran and is appropriate by the well known Zigana pass. Luluctuc vanquished the city amid the Roman circumstances however the city figured out how to hold its ""free"" status. Controlled by the Goths for a brief span, the city then turned into a critical fortress for the Byzantines. Justinianus the Great revamped the city dividers. The Seljuks attempted to assume control over the city a few circumstances yet were never fruitful. At the point when Istanbul was attacked by the Latins amid the fourth Crusade, the Byzantine line moved to Iznik. The two children of the head come to Trabzon and Alexios Commenos turns into the sovereign here. In 1461, the city entered under Ottoman run the show. The St. Sophia church is the most imperative verifiable working in Trabzon, which is today a focal point of business and tourism. The primary church worked by the Commenos family in the thirteenth century was extended later by sovereign Manuel Paleologos VIII around the same time. 

The congregation was changed over into a mosque in the sixteenth. century and was changed over into a gallery in 1957. Some black out frescoes are still discernible inside. There are a few other imperative Byzantine houses of worship which were changed over to mosques and merit seeing for their intriguing design. Phanagia Chrysocephalos, Saint Eugene church, Saint Anne and Saint Basil holy places are some of those.

SUMELA
However the most essential site in Trabzon is the Sumela Monastery. The cloister is situated over a valley inside the Pontic mountains and is come to after a lovely ride with wonderful perspectives of nature. After the last point that can be come to via auto, a strenuous climb up the slope begins. As you get nearer, you have an inclination that you are going to experience something stunning. 


The religious community seems as though it has been brought down from the sky and glued in favor of the slope. Nobody has possessed the capacity to answer the topic of how manking could manufacture such a tremendous religious community on the mass of a mountain with the innovation of the sixth century. fourteenth century increases to Sumela gave it its last look today and it unquestionably is a standout amongst the most critical vacation destinations on Turkey. As you take a gander at the frescoes on the dividers in the cloister, bear in mind to drink some cool water from the hallowed spring.