From this main holy cloister of Bakhchisarai there is an unparalleled view of the Crimean mountains.
The monastery is one of the 14 famous cave towns of the Crimea. It is a unique natural attraction, and a historical site, and a shrine of Orthodox Christianity.
The XIV-XV century temple is located on the territory of the most ancient Gothic cemetery. And thanks to its legendary fresco "Adoration of the Victim" it has gained worldwide fame.
Half-destroyed temple XV century - this is the only surviving structure in the whole village, which survived after the Nazi troops in 1942 burned to the ground the village and all its inhabitants.
The active monastery is located in the picturesque Belbek valley, among the legendary Crimean mountains, thanks to which the scenery you see will remain in your heart forever.
On the very edge of the rocky cliff rises a small tower, well visible from the highway, reminiscent of the donjon of an ancient fortress, or the dome of an observatory. Below it, in the monolith of the rock, several...