A few of the ruined houses in Santa have been repaired and are used by local Turkish villagers as summer yayla homes.

A view of another district (mahalle) in the village of Santa with a roofless church.


Abandoned Pontic Greek village of Santa, which dates from the 17th century and at one time had over a thousand houses.  Ruins of one of the village's eight churches are visible in this picture.  The village is located in a remote valley southeast of Trabzon and was abandoned after the Population Exchange in 1923.

View looking north past ruined church to Yanbolu River Valley. Santa is about 65 km. inland from the Black Sea.


Another Santa village neighborhood, with the ruins of a church.


Ruins of a church in the Pontic Greek village of Santa.