📽️ Kuştul Monastery

Turkey · Europe · 40.80°N, 39.71°E

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.

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Quick facts

Country	Turkey
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	40.80°N, 39.71°E · view on map

Kuştul Monastery is located in Turkey, in Europe.

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