Kaymakli

About 5km/3mi south of Trabzon a steep track off the main Erzurum road leads to the Monastery of Kaymakli, where Armenian monks lived until 1923. The two-story building with an arcaded facade stands alongside the ruins of a bell-tower. In the vicinity two chapels can be found: one (1424) is now used as a hay barn and the other (1622) contains the remains of some paintings.