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Cappadocia has seen the pictures go peribacaları'dır for those who know. The chimneys are very interesting indeed as the gifts of nature. But for those who have been around in Cappadocia, a much deeper, much more reminiscent of a rich meaning: Hundreds of civilization created by people who lived hundreds of years ago, a mystical atmosphere, extending from the early years of Christianity, resistance against oppression ... and the extraordinary nature of faith! ..
I also dreamed up the opportunity to forge düşgücünüzün permitted.
Nevsehir, Nigde, Aksaray of the triangle is called the region of Cappadocia. The name Cappadocia comes from the Persians. As the Persians adlandırmışlar Katpatukya this region. Means Land of Beautiful Horses.
Settlements in the region is known to the Persians before the Hittite and Phrygian. Then a break, and then an independent kingdom ruled the Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman civilizations, leaving traces.
EXTRAORDINARY NATURE
How did it happen?
Natural occurrence in a few lines here özetleyeceğimiz lasted 60 million years and is still in progress.
60 million years ago, Taurus rose to the third geological period, went into operation in the north Anatolian plateau volcanoes are squeezed. Erciyes and differentiate between the two remaining smaller Göllüdağ Hasandağı repelled lava. Consisted of a soft layer of ash accumulated in the plateau tuff. From place to place over hard basalt tuff layer was covered with a thin layer of lava. Basalt is cracked, broken into pieces. The rains infiltrate the cracks started to erode the soft tuff. Participated in the formation of heated and cooled with air winds. Cones occurred in the hats are so hard basalt rocks. This is a name to a different and interesting shaped rocks yakıştırdı public. "Chimney rock" he said. Not cover the erosion valleys into basalt tuff layers, interesting shaped canyons formed. These gifts of nature, the area was.
The human hand, a sense of labor and set to work. The first Christians in the region of 9-10 thousand years ago, they dug into the rock churches, underground cities, large and secure a long period created a major civilization.
Come to witness the adventure of nature and human beings, just to Cappadocia!
Cappadocia is difficult to you to explore on your own. Miss out on many things. If you notice missing is a good guide sightseeing places are inevitable.
For him to go to the region of the tours, you go in yourself daily tours organized by local travel agencies recommend that.
Wherever possible pages you will find accurate information about the places where it hums. Helpful to have with you during a guided tour gezmezseniz GEZİ'yi.
NEVŞEHİR
In ancient times they called Nyssa and Soandos Then it referred to as the Turks in the city center. From here at the famous Grand Vizier Vizier Ibrahim Pasha of the Tulip Era of the tribe of the Turkmen population in yellow are placed to increase, population increase and growing this new city, "New City" means Nevsehir said.
City center location include the poorest region in terms of nature and history. Still, there are so many things to be seen. 12 saw the castle on the hill of the city around it century. Seljuk architecture. Vizier Ibrahim Pasha in 1966, was repaired in time, and finally. The two doors in front and behind the castle, there are four towers and a 42 loophole.
Between 1718-1726 the city was in the mid-Vizier Ibrahim Pasha Mosque. Leaded Mosque called the Dome is covered in lead. Eight stone columns in the front yard of the complex in Nevsehir is a fountain. There is a single balconied minaret. Almshouse, a library, a caravanserai (Han principality), completing the complex of school buildings used as a museum. Pasha is seen next to the mosque is the monument built in 1946.
Ibrahim Pasha Museum photo and miniatures Nevşehirli a hall belonging to the transfer of tulips collected. The second hall of archaeological artifacts, ethnographic objects and the third is reserved.
Nar we can consider the extraordinary nature of the town united with the city of Cappadocia, provides the first close-we met. The rock-carved houses, rooms in front of them merged with the new parts to form a single household.
8 km from the center. only recently began to attract the attention of tourists from the town of Cat. Carved into the rocks, his life-long dehlizlerle covering a wide area and the surrounding areas are interesting natural formations.
Very good except for hotels in Nevsehir restaurants, no bars, there are never any place of entertainment. For these Urgup, Goreme, Avanos, were watching.
UÇHİSAR
Circulate region Nevsehir, Goreme and Uchisar Urgup begin with an equal distance. 10 km from the city center. from Uchisar, a natural fortress Ortahisar'la view of the region, its name comes from these analogies. Or a man-made "fort" is not. Use as a starting period of the Hittite fortress of Uchisar. They used to protect themselves against the Arab invasion of the Byzantines.
Square kilometers of the field to climb a spectacular view of Uchisar is worth watching. Only one should be careful during the winter months. Foot may slip due to frost. Uchisar rock-hewn houses that once were full, then the settlement was closed.
There are three ways Uçhisar'a separation of Nevsehir-Urgup highway. If one of them to the nearest town of Urgup (third) if you prefer, you'll see a valley right side. Dovecots called Pigeon Valley for an interesting sight in the valley is carved into the rocks. There are also open to visitors, but not in the valley kayakiliseleri.
GÖREME AND OPEN AIR MUSEUM
We continue to Goreme Uchisar. A full stop in the middle of the road 2.5 km long, the bond among the two hundred meters and reaches a point of looking if I walk Uzundere with a beautiful bird's eye we see the valleys of hunters. More time to see the ones more closely into the valleys from the town of Goreme.
Fairy Chimneys Goreme in a town inhabited with a population of 2000. Of course, that the resident population.
We see on the rocks of the burial chambers in the area of pre-Christian era.
Places to see in Göreme Open Air Museum has entered the town. Central neighborhood in the town church.
Uchisar village close to the resting place of the output of Hunters Yusuf Koç Church 200 meters of private land in the northern direction and well-preserved frescoes are to remain closed as a pigeon, but the columns collapsed. Chapel Road on the opposite leg, columns and arches in the church we see Durmus Kadir is in good condition. Open Air Museum of the fairy chimneys from the village while the hunters pass an open area of the throat when we walk, type the fork turn left dry bed of the flood (river and the valley of the cone-shaped stalagmites Görkün Turning to the right we can see in bulk) and El Nazar Valley, El Nazar Church reached. Carved into a cone-like Tent of El Nazar, although a partially collapsed ceiling paintings can be traced. Hidden between El Nazar Church has with the Goreme valley. When going into the valley in the plateau on the right path, climb up to 500 years before the entrance of the church was closed because of a landslide. The frescoes of the original.
Goreme Open Air Museum, near the entrance to the museum can we see the Virgin Mary Church. Museum with the monks in the area many churches large and small dining halls (refektorium), burial chambers, pantry and cellar we'll see. (Museum every day, 08:00 to 17:00 open between. Tel: 0 384 271 21 67) might not be open to all churches. Restoration and conservation work is carried out consistently with what we will open.
7 convents in the field of museum 12th-century century architecture is possible to monitor the church. Flat ceilings, barrel-vaulted, single or three apses, the central cross, made according to the planned architecture of churches and local styles of the era frescoes reflecting the ikonalaşma pictures follow. Monasteries in the region, "countless" is not wrong as a nitelersek. Many of them are ruined, destroyed frescoes survived today. Besides the rock-hewn churches of Göreme valley offers an impressive view of the natural appearance. Swords Valley and out towards the ridges Aktepe watch it.
It is also suitable places to take pictures.
Gain an insight into the church and other buildings in the museum's see:
Girls from the high rock called Abbey entrance on the present. Carved into a four-fold. Topped the first chapel, had been demolished and a small part, out of the stairs looking at the remaining portion. The second chapel in the rock mass, a long passage is reached.
Pile, carved into the cliff in the south coast of Apple Church, opened in the wall of the tunnel for the collapse of the way we enter the main entrance. Wall and ceiling paintings in places despite the loss is used as a dovecote is quite well preserved. Complies with the basic plan of Hagia Sophia.
Nine dome, four columns, Grecian cross plan and three apses church 11 Century. the mid-12th Century. dated to the beginning. 15 scene depicted the life of Jesus. The main dome, Pantokrator (The Lord of the Universe), Jesus, angels, is seen in others.
Saint Barbara Church (Chapel) is introduced to the opposite side of Elmali. The dome has two columns, with the plan of the cross 11 Century. carry characteristics. Seen on the ceiling and walls of the simple folk decorations. Multi-color and mixed compositions is depicted. Undermining growth across the entrance of animal figures are expressed.
Snake (St. Onuphorios) the name of the saints of the Church does not fight the dragons that they are painting. Transverse rectangular, barrel-vaulted.
A partition that contains the tombs of the flat vault. There are portraits of saints on either side of the church vault. L-shaped mass of rock to the west of the south we see the church pantry, kitchen and dining halls.
Best observed images, the colors are protected with all its vitality in the church is decorated with pictures of the church entirely. Described the death of the birth of Christ's life is pretty good pictures. (Dark Church to navigate in a guided, frescoes depicting what we recommend that you listen to the phone book.)
Broken down a flight of iron stairs in the Church are going crackle. Four domed structure St. Barbara, like the Church in the dark in terms of pictures. Despite damage to protect the integrity of files. Buckle Church parking lot next to the bottom of the region's largest church. Buckle down the stairs in the modern restoration was completed in a single church in the lower church.
We can see in Goreme Valley in Swords before leaving. Goreme Valley, between the white tuff rocks, with the Aktepe these valleys are called large and small swords. Waterway in the fairy chimneys, tunnels, interesting shaped rocks carried by four pillars with an impressive view of the valley which is seen in the large-domed Church of Swords.
Ortahisar can then continue in the direction from Goreme and Urgup, is another way we are, Kızılçukur, Zelve and seeing beautiful landscapes will follow the path to Avanos.
Red and Valley
The area is full of really fantastic images from Goreme to beautiful landscapes. Cavusin village, and passing through the soil and Rose Red and his two miracle of nature that will take us on the road. Follow the dirt road next to the mosque in the village of Cavusin rotating a half-hour walk can do it. Valleys up to a particular part of the car, let go, but prefer to walk in the cool of the evening. As we walked and Rose called flood bed. It yeriymiş monks in seclusion. We see the monks' cells rocks retreats. Today it makes you think that is the ideal place for retreats. Birds is another voice is heard. Rose Valley and the mass of rock formed in a different way Kızılçukur'un carved 12 churches. This is the first Christians gathered around the Church of St. John the Baptist churches Çavuşin'deki suggests that settled here.
Red and especially in the afternoons, just before sundown offers a very impressive sight. Deep, winding valley, and the red evening sun hits the slopes, sit down and dive sail, changing colors every minute. If you want to play a game, Look carefully at first, and then close your eyes and look again for two minutes, you will see more open to change colors.
