Sumela Monastery, Turkiye

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PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y (2 replies)

What I want to know is how they started building that? How did they put the first stones? With a helicopter??

PugJesus@kbin.social · 6 pts · 2y

Probably dug out from the cliffside - some lovely little narrow ledge deepened just enough to get a foothold on, and then brick up a wall on the side that gives you vertigo when you look down.

Probably some poor sod hanging from a rope to put the finishing touches on the outside, lmao.

Another3quenc@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y

Not sure how they did everthing, but these kind of buildings are mostly made out of the rock itself, acting as a base

Shave_MyBeever@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

My fiancée was lucky enough to be able to visit there last year. Very cool!