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Bakhchisaray Cave Monastery

Bakhchysarai, Russia · built 1401

Bakhchisaray Cave Monastery
Bakhchisaray Cave Monastery. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

The Dormition Monastery of the Caves, otherwise known as Bakhchysarai Cave Monastery, or Uspensky Cave Monastery is located in Crimea, near the town of Bakhchysarai. It is a cave monastery carved out of a cliff, thought to have been founded in the 8th century.

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