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Aylık arşivler: Şubat 2023

The Church of St. Barbara

According to some sources this church was believed to have come from the Iconoclast period. However considering its plan which is similar to 11C and 12C buildings, it can easily be concluded that this cannot be right. Its name derives from a legendary saint, Barbara. According to legend, Barbara, after becoming a Christian, was shut …

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Gönderen: kasvax25 Şubat 20238 Ocak 2023Kategori:Places to visit in Cappadocia

The Church of the Serpent

An interesting feature in this church is that the frescoes are framed like icons. The name of the church derives from the serpent in one of the frescoes on the left above the apse. Here, like in the Church of St. Barbara, two soldier saints St. George and St. Theodore are fighting against evil forces …

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Gönderen: kasvax23 Şubat 20238 Ocak 2023Kategori:Places to visit in Cappadocia

The Church of the Sandal

Tokali Kilise, which for convenience is called the “New Church” is the most spectacular of all the rock-cut churches in Cappadocia. The 10C church is different in plan to others in the vicinity, having a transverse nave (Mesopotamian type) with three apses and a narthex hewn out of an earlier church, known as the “Old …

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The Church of the Sandal

This is a church with a cruciform nave, two columns, three apses and four domes (one central dome and three cupolas). Its frescos date from the 13C. The name of the church derives from a footprint below the Ascension fresco. The entrance to the church is from the north and the apse is directed to …

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Gönderen: kasvax20 Şubat 20238 Ocak 2023Kategori:Places to visit in Cappadocia

UNDERGROUND CITIES

No one knows when the underground cities of Cappadocia were built, perhaps in Hittite times or as late as the 6C AD. There were certainly underground cities as early as the 5C BC. They are referred to by a 5 and 4CBC Athenian historian Xenophon in his Anabasis. So far 36 underground cities have been …

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Gönderen: kasvax19 Şubat 20238 Ocak 2023Kategori:Places to visit in Cappadocia

The Church under the Tree

It is a cruciform church with two small aisles and an apse. Due to a few collapses the entrance to the church is from the altar section. In the dome there is a fresco of Christ in a mandorla being carried up to heaven by four angels. It is in primitive style, the faces orange and white …

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Gönderen: kasvax18 Şubat 20238 Ocak 2023Kategori:Places to visit in Cappadocia

The Church of the Serpent

It is a cruciform church with a horseshoe-shaped apse. It has a burial chamber in the north side. There is not enough light inside the church so the visitor might need a flashlight. West wall; Christ, the judge, flanked by angels, is seated in a mandorla. Below him are the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste in oriental …

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Gönderen: kasvax17 Şubat 20238 Ocak 2023Kategori:Places to visit in Cappadocia

The Church of the Hyacinth

The name comes from the abundant hyacinths around the church. Sumbullu Kilise has a domed single nave and was part of a two-storied monastery, the upper floor being living quarters. The arched doorways which are divided by pillars and linked with an architrave in the facade of the church carry the traces of Persian influence. …

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Gönderen: kasvax16 Şubat 20238 Ocak 2023Kategori:Places to visit in Cappadocia

Salt Lake

Location 120 km / 75 miles to the south of Ankara, on the way to CappadociaDepth 2th largest lake in Turkey; 1,500 km² / 580 sq miles. In summer the surface area might go down to 1,000 km² / 386 sq milesWidth 48 km / 30 milesLength 80 km / 50 milesDepth 1-2 m / …

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Gönderen: kasvax15 Şubat 20238 Ocak 2023Kategori:Places to visit in Cappadocia

Churches of Cappadocia

It is estimated that there are more than 600 rock-cut churches in Cappadocia. These churches that people carved were similar in plan to the ones in the capital. Walls were covered with beautiful frescoes and they were also influenced by the Iconoclast period in the 8C and 9C. Most of the frescoes date from the …

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Gönderen: kasvax13 Şubat 20238 Ocak 2023Kategori:Places to visit in Cappadocia

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