The St. Paul Memorial Museum was commissioned by the Orthodox Arab-Rum Community in 1850. Used until 1993 for different purposes, the building was allocated to the Ministry of Culture in 1994 and renamed the St. Paul Memorial Museum.The restoration works initiated in 1997 in and around the St. Paul Museum were completed in 2001 and the museum was opened to visitors. The church has a rectangular plan with three naves. The ceiling of the central nave is decorated with frescoes depicting Jesus Christ, the Gospel writers Yohannes, Mattios, Marcos and Lucas, an eye motif and a bird figure. On both sides of the window at the top of the apse are depictions of landscapes and angels. The floor of the church is covered with white and black marble slabs. There is a bell tower in the north-east corner of the church. Local and foreign groups visiting the St. Paul Memorial Museum also perform religious services.
TARSUS ST.PAUL MEMORIAL MUSEUM
