#32: A Church with a View

The Gergeti Trinity Church isn’t frightening unless you have ecclesiophobia – fear of religion – or epiplaphobia – the fear of old furniture, but that mountain range behind it? That’s Mount Kazbek, which is 16,581 feet high. It’s part of the Caucasus mountain range in Russia and was first traversed all the way to the top in 1868.

Seen from a distance, this might not be that bad, but when you get the full effect of the church in the foreground, that peak becomes overwhelmingly large. The church itself was built in the 1500s at an elevation of 7,120 feet and was inaccessible by car until 2018.