Trapezous

•on the Silk road, merchants from Genoa, Venice, etc, Milesians 756 BC

•Church of Panagia Theoscepastos in Kizlara

•Hazelnuts, tea, anchovies

•Greek-speaking Muslims from Tonya and Of

•Rivers : Degirmendere (Piksidis), Surmene (manhos), Iyidere (Kalopotamos)

•Hagia Sofia : the town’s most important tourist attraction

•Kostaki Theyophylaktos mansion

•Sumela monastery

•Kaymakli monastery

•Kizlar (Panagia Theoskepastos monastery

•Kustul (Gregorios peristera ) monastery

•Kizlar (Panagia Kerameste) monastery

•Vazelon Monastery

•Hagios Savvas (Masatlik) Cave churches

•Hagia Anna (Little Ayvasil)

•Sotha (St. John)

•Agios Theodoros

•Hagios Konstantinos

•Agios Kristoforos

•Hagios Kyriaki

•Hagios Mihkail and Panagia Tzita churches

•Fatih Mosque (panagia Crysokephalos) church

•Yeni Cuma Mosque (Hagios Evgenios church)

•Nakip Mosque (Hagios Andreas church)

Husnu Koktug Mosque (hagios Eleutherios church

•Pidesi (canoe-shaped bread with cheese, meat, eggs (penirli)

•Agios Evgenios martyr from here

•A Turkish writer claims all Turks are of Greek descent