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تقع هذه المنطقة في و سط ا ناضول بين مدينتي القيصرية و اقصاري يعمل الهواء و الماء و الثلج على نحت هذه المنطقة حيث بنى فيها المسيحيون كنائسهم الصخرية و ملاجئ الإحتماء من
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BEAUTY
Town of Cappadocia Cave Dwellings
Cappadocia, along with Istanbul and the Mediterranean coast, is the most visited region of Turkey. And quite rightly insofar as its unique landscape goes hand in hand with a deep-‐ rooted cultural iden @ ty. This great upland in central Anatolia, the heart of which lies between the ci @ es of Kayseri and Aksaray, is world renowned for its volcanic landscape. Rocky extrusions,‘ fairy-‐ chimney’ rock forma @ ons and eroded pillars, interspersed by deep gorges and canyons, characterise this wild and spectacular territory, symbolised by Göreme Na @ onal Park and its amphitheatre set in a lunar landscape. Throughout Cappadocia, water, wind and ice have sculpted this jagged landscape. And the light of dawn and dusk confers on it a truly magical quality. It would be worth visi @ ng Cappadocia for this landscape alone and yet the area also offers the remains of ancient Chris @ an occupa @ on. These believers, aJer seZling there in the 6th century, built rock churches and several troglody @ c villages, as well as underground ci @ es as a refuge from their enemies. More than 3 000 churches, most of which are decorated with magnificent
frescoes, now form part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Göreme Valley sanctuaries, unique evidence of this Byzan @ ne Art, are truly outstanding. Troglody @ c dwellings can be visited in the
villages of Ushisar, Ortahisar and in the very heart of the old town of Nevsehir, while the most typical buried ci @ es are to be found in Kaymakli and Derinkuyu. It is hard to imagine nowadays how hundreds of people could once live eight storeys below the volcanic tuff..
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