Cave Monastery Chilter-Koba
the time allotted for inspection tourist facility for 1-2 hours
Getting there
From the fortress Syuyremskoy
- Monastery Chilter-Koba is adjacent to the fortress Syuyrenskoy cape. Going to the Cape Kul-breaker in the tract cotoneaster, you turn left onto a path leading to the circumvention of Cape Ai-Todor in beam Khor Khor. The path leads to the foot of the promontory, where the monastery is a cave complex. Distance - 3 miles.
A small cave monastnr Chilter-Koba (in translation from the Tatar "lattice-cave"), located at the foot of Cape Ai-Todor, was organized on the northern border principality of Theodoro in the XIV century.
The architectural ensemble of the monastery has 23 rooms cut into the rock and the cave temple of St. Theodore Stratnlata, arranged in a natural grotto. The temple has a rounded shape plan. In the eastern part of the cave was a temple
the altar, in the northeastern part of the church - baptismal.
Inside the monastery were arched gate width of about 2 meters. Held off a cliff barrier. Food and accommodations are arranged in three tiers. Actually it was the order of twelve cells. The largest areas are cut in the northern part of the Cape, including the refectory area of 16 square meters.
Water was supplied from a convent in the upper beam Hor-Hor (in translation from the Tatar - adversity is bad) that separates the Cape Ai-Todor cape in front of a downed Dzhaniche-breaker. On the ground under the cliff of the latter can be seen carved into the rock grape presses. This complex wine or belonged to a monastery, or it is associated with the settlement of VIII-IX centuries, is in the valley.
