In a landscape steeped in history, it greets visitors with all the majesty of the years when it dominated the city. I stand in one of Doğubeyazıt market’s narrow, congested, mysterious lanes, my eyes fixed on İshak Paşa Palace which rises at the top of a hill […]
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Church of the Grapes (Turkish: Uzumlu Kilise ), Raisin grapes in the church due to the so-called structural motifs, in the Red Valley of Cappadocia, located close to the town of Ortahisar and three kilometers away. The Church of the Grapes made in X. century. Grapes and […]
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Beyond the mill, the Balıklı Kilise ( Fish Church ) has fish figuring in one of the primitive paintings. Adjoining it is the more impressive Üzümlü Kilise (Grape Church), with obvious bunches of grapes. Fish Church has fish figuring in one of the primitive paintings.
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Hacli Kilise (Church with the cross – St. Agathangelus Church, Church with the Cross is located in Red Valley and it is usually confused with Church with the Three Crosses in Rose Valley. The church located on top of hill can be reached by a narrow path. […]
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This cross-shaped church has six columns, hence the name. The large adjoining chamber originally had two storeys, as you can see from what’s left of the steps and the holes in the walls from the supporting beams. There are burial chambers in the floor. Direkli Kilise (Columned […]
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Well worth tracking down is the Geyikli Kilise (Church with a Deer) which is past the village square and retains much of its monastic complex, including an impressive refectory table and benches cut clean out of the rock, as well as a faded 11th-century fresco of St […]
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As the church was discovered in the year 1957, the church was named as the “Hidden Church“. The church is located in the vicinity of El – Nazar Church. The paints adorning the church are directly painted to the main rock body, not on plaster. Painted cloth […]
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Chapel Of St. Basil is situated at the entrance to the Goreme Open Air Musuem. Graves are to be found in the columned narthex area. The nave is transversely rectangular and barrel vaulted, and has three apses situated on the left, long side of the rectangular nave. […]
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The 6-7 storey rock mass to the left of the museum entrance is known as “the Nunnery“. The dining hall, kitchen and some rooms on the first floor, together with the ruined chapel on the second level, can still be visited. The church on the third storey, […]
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Kılıçlar Church (Swords Church), is in Kılıçlar Valley, which is near Göreme Open Air Museum. Chapel 29 has always confused scholars because of its painting programme. Hence, there are different views about the date of this church. According to several authors, however, Kılıçlar Church is the earliest […]
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