It has got three domes at closed Greek cross-planned structure and two apses.The other
constructed by using same style that has got only dome and apses.These churches belong
to after christ 10 th .11 th centuries.
CAPPADOCIA CULTURE MUSEUM
Museum was found in 1954 as a first touristic hotel after Göreme Hotel’s reconstruction.
Göreme Hotel hosted many famous people in this region. As hotel registry burned
during fire in the hotel,we couldn’t find records of hotel.But As far as we learned from
the public,there were Yaşar Kemal,Kasım Gülek,Yılmaz Güney,Hulusi
Kentmen,Çolpan İlhan,Ayhan Işık,Sadri Alışık,Türkan Şoray,Tarık Akan among the
guests,also there were many statesmen and artists that the public didn’t know.
As long as Yaşar Kemal had stayed in Göreme Hotel,approximately one month,he had
wanted to write a novel about fairy chimneys.He had spoke with a child who lived in
here,and he had asked some questions to him whether he had seen a fairy in here or
not.But Ahmet always had answered that he hadn’t seen a fairy in here.
Then Yaşar Kemal wrote a novel about fairy chimneys and he mentioned Göreme Hotel.
There are 12 rooms and traditional life styles are described by using ethnographic
language and statues.
There are many rooms in the museum,such as rock carving,agriculture room,traditional
cuisine, molasses production room,weaving room,Turkish bath,village square,village
chamber,Girls want,henna night,bride room,also in the final section of the museum,
dear Visitor of our memories, they can take pictures and tell their underground city
where one of the tables, prepared with the miniature rooms.
NATURAL COLD STORES
There are 700 natural cold stores in Ortahisar.History of this natural cold stores based
on the Hittites.The hittites used these stores for the first time.Every hittites had a store
to keep their food as winterweight or throughout the year,they called these stores as
Ayça.
These stores were used for the same purpose during Romans, Byzantines, Seljuk and
Ottoman periods.
Stores in Ortahisar have been a sector since 1952.In the past stores were quite
small.They were changed,and expanded,now their sizes are suitable for using efficiently.
These stores have got important place at citrus industry that have got high humidity,
approximately the same degree of heat in the summer and winter (+100 +3).
These stores have got important role,there are many types of food preserved in these
stores,such as lemon,orange,grapefruit,potato,onion,apple,pear and other vegetables
and fruits.
They preserve their freshness in a long time.These foods are brought from Çukurova in
the 18-20 kg boxes,After waiting a few months in storages,softened by watering,When
they are 20-22 kg,they are suitable for consumption.
Most of citrus varieties are brought from Çukurova in February and March.They are
stored from three months to nine months.Then,they are distributed to consumers.
In addition to them, cultivated mushroom are produced in these stores.