Alahan Monastery

Mersin Province · Turkey

Alahan Monastery, Turkey
Photo: Nedim Ardoğa, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
April to October
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An early Byzantine monastic complex carved into a mountainside terrace with finely sculpted stonework. Its churches overlook the Göksu valley in the Taurus.

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