Alahan Monastery
Città antica · Turchia
- Abbandonato
- sconosciuto
- Fondato
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- Popolazione
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- Coordinate
- 36.779, 33.366
Perché è stato abbandonato
🏛️ Rovine antiche
Rilevato automaticamente dal testo: Расположен на территории Исаврии, которая была частью древнеримской провинции Киликия.
Storia
Alahan Monastery is a complex of fifth-century buildings located in the mountains of Isauria in southern Asia Minor. Located at an altitude of 4,000 ft, it stands 3,000 ft over the Calycadnus valley and is a one-hour walking distance from the village of Geçimli. Although termed a monastery in many sources, this attribution is contested and more recent scholarship consider it to be a pilgrimage shrine. The complex played a significant role in the development of early Byzantine architecture, and practically everything known about it can be attributed to the excavations of Michael Gough.
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