Museum· Mut, Mersin

Alahan Manastırı

StyleByzantine architectureStatusTentative World Heritage Site

Alahan Manastırı is a museum in Mut, Mersin; Alahan Monastery is a complex of fifth-century buildings set in the mountains of southern Asia Minor near Mut, Mersin, standing about 900 metres above the Calycadnus valley.

Alahan Manastırı
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Alahan Monastery is a complex of fifth-century buildings set in the mountains of southern Asia Minor near Mut, Mersin, standing about 900 metres above the Calycadnus valley. Although often called a monastery, more recent scholarship considers it a pilgrimage shrine. The complex played a significant role in the development of early Byzantine architecture.

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