Alahan Manastırı
MuseumMut, Mersin
36.7794°N · 33.3656°E
- Style
- Byzantine architecture
- Status
- Tentative World Heritage Site
Alahan Manastırı is a museum; 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.
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- 36.7794°N · 33.3656°E
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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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