Partenit

General information about Partenit

Partenit the resort town situated on the eastern slope Ajudag. Homer argued that the son of Agamemnon, Orestes and his friend Pylades stolen from a temple erected there brands Virgin statue of the goddess and took her to Greece. One way or another, but the name of the village in Greek means "virgin", "virgin". Sanctuary Tauri, alas, has not been found, and you, if you're lucky, you may be its discoverer.

History Partenit

In 1994, the ubiquitous Partenit boys found on Mount Aligor, located on the northern outskirts of the village, the ancient Roman silver coins. They showed the discovery to his teacher of history, and soon found the Gothic sanctuary III-IV vv. Abundance of shards of glass and pottery.

PARTHENAY born, famous, and was canonized Archbishop John gothic. At the VII Ecumenical Council of Nicea in 787, the St. John fearlessly defended the idea ikonopochita makers. On returning to Crimea, he led a revolt against the Khazars, was captured and imprisoned in the fortress of Fulla, the location of a yet-installed. Then the archbishop escaped from captivity in Byzantium, where he died four years later. From the city of St. Amastrida body was transported home in Partenit, and here are buried in the monastery founded by St. John. Apostles Peter and Paul. Today the ruins of the monastery can be seen at the foot of Ajudag on the territory of modern spa hotel "Crimea". Recently, the monastery was a monument of St. John the Gotha and sanctified place in the construction of the chapel. This does not stop the motion of pilgrims.

the end of the 60-ies. XIX century. John's burial place remains unknown, while at the laying of the road vehicle-the then owners of the land Partenit Raevskys not been discovered the ruins of the monastery and the plate with the inscription, which allowed to establish the place of burial. Search of his relics are continuing. Ajudag known not only for its monuments of history, but also the picturesque views. No wonder it as "Swallow's Nest", consider calling card of Crimea. Height Ajudag reaches 577 meters above sea level, but it's enough to be here while overlooking the coast east of Alushta, Sudak, the highest part of the Crimean mountains - Babu-gan-Yaila, Cape Marian, Ai-Petri Mountain and the Cape Ai-Todor. < / p> Attractions

Partenit

• Falls Jur-Jur »
• monument of landscape art: "Karasan»
• Park LTC "AYVAZOVSKOE»
• Nature Monument Ayu-Dag
• Manor Rayevskys

Climate

hot summer, warm autumn, mild winter. Swimming season in the Black Sea from May to September. In the summer months the average water temperature is close to +26 ° C at a temperature, trained in the Olympic swimming pool professional swimmers.

Natural curative factors Partenit

Partenit - climatic seaside resort. There is a favorable combination of sea air and the air of mountain forests.

Indications for directions to the resort

Diseases of the circulatory system, respiratory, nervous system, metabolic diseases, diseases of the skin.