Samsun - Arrival of Metropolitan Archbishop

Welcoming the Metropolitan Archbishop Monseigneur Amassias Germanos by the Orthodox Community upon his arrival at Samsun, Turkey, on the coast of the Black Sea. Capital of Samsun Province and important Port. Former Greek colony (BC). Captured by Seljuks in 1200. A Genoese trading post - taken by Ottomans in 15th century. Important trade centre - specialising in tobacco, booming after the arrival of the railway in the late 19th century

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