A view of the interior of the church from outside the door/arch cut in stone.
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The interior of the cathedral at Selime monastery….. again, this was all handcut in solid stone with crude tools. Centuries of smoke stained walls.
Looking up hill toward the Selime monastery.
One of the entrances to the Selime monastery. Note the protected view from the entrance.
Lodging for the monks and cooking areas near the church and the cathedral. The little niches on the walls are thought to be places for the rearing of pigeons. Of course, pigeons were eaten. But they were also used for communication and their dung was used both for fertilizer and for the base coat for the wall frescos.
The doorway into the cathedral at Selime. See the interior of part of the cathedral below.
The doorway into the church (not the cathedral). Note the centuries of smoke stained walls.
Interior of the monastery’s cathedral hollowed out of solid rock….. this shows some of the many frescos all over the walls and ceilings.
Looking down from the cathedral. Protected, hard to see, hard to find, secure for the practice of early Christianity.
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