Boztepe hill, Trabzon
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Boztepe or Mount Minthrion is a hill near Trabzon
in Turkey
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It is located 3 kilometers southeast of the city center of Trabzon
. The Değirmendere Valley lies to the west of Boztepe. The
Kaymaklı quarter occupies most of the Boztepe hill.
The area has been religiously significant since ancient times.(Whiting, pg 565) There are four sacred fountains on Bozetepe.
Trabzon
Trabzon is a city on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province. Trabzon, located on the historical Silk Road, became a melting pot of religions, languages and culture for centuries and a trade gateway to Iran in the southeast and the Caucasus to the northeast...
in Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
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It is located 3 kilometers southeast of the city center of Trabzon
Trabzon
Trabzon is a city on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province. Trabzon, located on the historical Silk Road, became a melting pot of religions, languages and culture for centuries and a trade gateway to Iran in the southeast and the Caucasus to the northeast...
. The Değirmendere Valley lies to the west of Boztepe. The
Kaymaklı quarter occupies most of the Boztepe hill.
The area has been religiously significant since ancient times.(Whiting, pg 565) There are four sacred fountains on Bozetepe.
- That of Saint John the Sanctifier is near the summit. On the site is a mosque that was formerly a nineteenth-century church. The church in turn may have replaced a sanctuary to Mithras, which may have been the origin of the name Minthrion.(Bryer, pg 207)
- That of Kaymaklı MonasteryKaymakli MonasteryKaymaklı Monastery is a ruined Armenian Apostolic monastery near Trabzon, Turkey.The monastery originally included a church, a bell tower at the northwest corner, and a small chapel near the southeast corner.- Location, founding and name :...
is known as the milk fountain.(Bryer, pg 208) - The Skylolimne is now a mostly-dry lake.(Bryer, pg 200)
- The Dragon's fountain (Δράκοντπήάσον) is near Hoşoğlan village.(Bryer, pg 207) According to legend, Alexios II of TrebizondAlexios II of TrebizondAlexios II Megas Komnenos or Alexius II , was Emperor of Trebizond from 1297 to 1330. He was the elder son of John II and Eudokia Palaiologina, and also used the name Palaiologos.- Life :...
killed a dragon at the site.