Hiking to a Ruined Byzantine Monastery

[@phoule76]

pleasant Latmosphere

[@BlueBaron3339]

This is a great example of what makes Garrett unique in an often crowded genre. Most make the content creator the center of attention. The "personal view" style popularized by the BBC decades ago. And many of those are very good. But the goal here is to immerse you. He takes himself out of the picture apart from his expertise and considerable dedicated effort.

[@stepps511]

Thank you, Garrett, for being an "icon" for us by giving a view into an unknown (to us) world.

[@josephtrahan8045]

This blows my mind the amount of history that’s in Turkey and that the frescoes have been sitting there in the open all these years and they’re not being preserved or anything. It’s an absolutely amazing. I hope something is done to preserve this site from decaying anymore. This is truly amazing

[@Maurice599]

Too bad the Turks aren’t to fond of the Roman history

[@misaelfraga8196]

Turks don't care. They openly see themselves as conquerors of the land as they see fit. If they can make money out of it they'll tolerate it.

[@jonr6680]

Another immersive captivating experience, thanks! Imagine being a monk back in the day, every stone laid by hand, water is scarce, the sun relentless... You think you've found the perfect spot in the middle of nowhere. Nobody will bother you now... But there's always a cartoon villain, rogue bandits, or general delinquents to ruin your peaceful day.

[@thomasgeddes4817]

Wonderful. Seeing and learning things i would never otherwise know about. Thank you. (Again)

[@Martial-Mat]

Your scripts and low-key delivery style really add to the pathos and wonder of these ancient sites. Thank you so much for the past year of videos, and your two books Garrett. When will a third in the series be available?

[@scenicroutestothepast]

You're very welcome! As it happens, I'm working on two book manuscripts at the moment. I'll finish both in the coming year. Stay tuned...

[@Martial-Mat]

@@scenicroutestothepast Tune staying initiated ;-)

[@speakupriseup4549]

Another wonderful site visit

[@tiborbogi7457]

Great video. May be add map or overall view or drone view to help imagine the site.

[@RobMacMusic]

It’s amazing after 800 years those structures are still there. I suppose it’s due to its location it was never built over. Fascinating watching you walk that staircase. I imagined the monks walking the same steps. If you want it to last, build in stone.

[@Henry-if3gv]

Amazing place! Loved to see the monk’s cell. I think the second fresco is more likely to be Jesus’s Transfiguration, rather than the Resurrection, with Moses and Elijah beside him and Peter, James and John below. Fascinating to see they’ve survived. Thanks for the video!

[@gardnep]

Thanks for your hiking. Turkyie is a fascinating country recently featured in itchy boots travel blog. Thanks for the video.

[@fxmixer]

Really enjoy these on location videos! Makes everything more real.

[@BryanDitmore]

I am so happy to see you in these places. I couldn't imagine,stepping on the same that others have soooo many years go. And with your knowledge,I bet it feels amazing,and amusing . Thank you,and happy trails

[@BryanDitmore]

Oh wow, those fresco. Thank you so much. It's so much more then a picture. A place I would never get to see, your work a blessing brought before my family and I here home. My kids, eight and nine, are taking more and more interest. I hope you are greatly proud, the work is....good

[@5eddie5]

6:50 It is all fascinating! Even as you climb those ruined steps I think of the people who built them and telling them "Yes your stairs are still being used thousands of years into the future."

[@kidmohair8151]

i am approaching the end of the History of Byzantium podcast. a fascinating period, and a fascinating area.

[@ervinslens]

Monastery looks brilliant man! So beautifully narrated as well 👏👏

[@clairdecat7630]

Wow. So amazing to see how much of their handiwork has held up all these years! The individual cells was mind blowing.

[@ericschmuecker348]

Where did they get the money to build this? And did the monks do the construction. It's always so amazing!

[@sIightIybored]

If it's anything like western Europe. Local landowners looking to curry favour with the lord could grant the monasteries land and the people bound to it. Or just monetary/resource support.

[@johnniemac173]

I'd like to pray there.

[@robertrawley1115]

Would there have been site plans, or drawings of the buildings from 13th C? Or, is the knowledge of the buildings you described based on years of archaeological exploration and research? Thanks for the clarification.

[@Venuk]

You should visit Sigiriya Rock Fortress in Sri Lanka

[@StekliCujo]

Everything eventually crumbles to dust.

[@atlantic_love]

But not in this time frame. It's the fact that humans SUCK. They're greedy and of no respect for history or the past.

[@lukesmith1818]

These sites are a reminder that things that seem permanent rarely are. I'm sure the monks felt certain their order would endure just as many had centuries before with the combined might of the church and the roman empire.

[@_Brohan]

gimble skills 10/10

[@andrewanderson3472]

Are the faces on those frescos deliberately damaged by the Muslims?

[@SubTroppo]

Perhaps it would have been better overall if the 'Byzantines' had stuck with iconoclasm. This is a good illustration (for me) of the futility of organized religion - especially the monastic version. It looks like a beautiful spot on a sunny day but how far to the nearest cafe?

[@ruthc8407]

"All that changed when the Turks swept in in the 13th Century....." Take heed Western man.

[@michaelfisher7170]

in those days the barbarians outnumbered the civilized folk. despite the replacement theory pants wettters that's not the case today.

[@rod9829]

Bump

[@andreweaston1779]

Thrilling? no. Fascinating? yes

[@johnboucher8226]

Missed Bill Gates in this one

[@atlantic_love]

But you sure haven't taken your lips off Trump's sack.