Trabzon facts Kids Encyclopedia Facts

Trabzon, is a city on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Turkey. It is the capital of Trabzon Province. Trabzon is well known for its fish production which it meets 20% of the total fish production in Turkey. It was started as a trading colony of ancient Greece and later became capital of the Empire of Trabizond.

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  Coin of Trapezous from the 4th century BCE in the British Museum. The coin promotes the colonial city as a 'table of plenty'.

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  Saint Anne Church to the east of the walled city is the oldest church in the city, possibly dating back to the 6th or 7th century.

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  Fresco of Comneni at Agia Theotokos as drawn by Charles Texier.

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  Fantastical depiction of Trebizond by Pisanello in a fresco of the Sant'Anastasia church in Verona, painted between 1436 and 1438.

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  The Cassone with the 'Conquest of Trebizond' by Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso, on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Painted just after the fall of the city, it depicts Trabzon as being equal to Constantinople (at the far left). Even the battle displayed in between the two cities was mostly a fantasy. The city held a legendary place in Western-European literature and thought throughout the late medieval period and the renaissance, with a lasting influence that can be felt even to present times.

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  Uzun Sokak, a pedestrianized shopping street.

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  Lithograph of Trabzon from the sea by the Dickinson Brothers of London, 1853. It shows the city from 'Khonsi point' at the left to Platana (Akçaabat) at the right. This is the first impression most western travelers got of the city (in good weather) until the second half of the 20th century.

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  Atatürk Alani at Meydan square in Taksim (central Trabzon).

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  Historic mansions in Akçaabat (formerly Platana village).

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  A village in Çaykara district, Trabzon.

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  Laz men from Trabzon, 1910s.

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  Basilios Bessarion was born in Trabzon on January 2, 1403. He was one of the illustrious Greek scholars who contributed to the Renaissance in Western Europe in the 15th century.

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  Suleiman the Magnificent was born in Trabzon on November 6, 1494. He was one of the greatest emperors in history and vastly enlarged the territories of the Ottoman Empire, which became one of the world's leading superpowers in the 16th century, together with its arch-rival in the Mediterranean, the Spanish Empire.

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  Map of Trabzon's city centre, showing its walls, main streets, sights and parks.

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  Postcard of Trabzon showing the national dance Horon.

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  A view from the Black Sea Technical University campus.

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  Trophies won by Trabzonspor at the club's museum.

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  Painting of a caravanserai by Fabius Brest, Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille.

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  Trabzon from the sea by Ivan Aivazovsky.

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  Engraving of the port at Çömlekçi by C. Lapante.

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  Trabzon by Jean-Baptiste Henri Durand-Brager.

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  Trabzon from the sea by Y.M. Tadevossian.

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  Trabzon from the south by Godfrey Vigne.

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  Hagia Sophia

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  Atatürk Köşkü

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  Chamber of mechanical engineers.

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  Trabzon Meydan.

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  Livera village

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  Lake Uzungöl