Bakhchysarai Cave Monastery

Bakhchysarai Cave Monastery
Ukrainian: Успенський монастир (Бахчисарай)
Uspensky Cave Monastery
Bakhchysarai Cave Monastery
Location within Crimea
Bakhchysarai Cave Monastery
Bakhchysarai Cave Monastery (Ukraine)
General information
LocationBakhchysarai, Ukraine,  Ukraine
Coordinates44°44′40.75″N 33°54′35.60″E / 44.7446528°N 33.9098889°E / 44.7446528; 33.9098889
OwnerUkrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)
Official nameКомплекс Успенського печерного монастиря (Complex of the Dormition Cave Monastery)
TypeArchaeology
Reference no.010006-Н
Official nameПечерний Успенський монастир (Dormition Cave Monastery)
TypeArchitecture
Reference no.010081
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The Dormition Monastery of the Caves (Russian: Успенский пещерный монастырь; Ukrainian: Успенський печерний монастир), otherwise known as Bakhchysarai Cave Monastery, or Uspensky Cave Monastery is located in Crimea, near the town of Bakhchysarai. It is a cave monastery carved out of a cliff, thought to have been founded in the 8th century.