Kuştul Monastery
Ruins · Turkey
- Abandoned
- 1923
- Founded
- 701
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 40.803, 39.707
Why it was abandoned
💥 War & expulsion
Detected automatically from the text: Founded in 752, it was in use until the Greek genocide and the Greco-Turkish population exchange after 1922.
History
Kuştul Monastery was a Greek Orthodox monastery, located near Şimşirli village, Maçka district, Trabzon Province, Turkey. The native name is sometimes also shortened to Peristera. Founded in 752, it was in use until the Greek genocide and the Greco-Turkish population exchange after 1922.