There is a locality in modern Turkey, the historical name which – Cappadocia (Cappadocia), which is translated into Russian means “Land of beautiful horses.”
The uniqueness of this land lies in its landscape, mainly of volcanic origin and also in the presence of underground cities and cave monasteries that carry us to the times early Christians.
Our trip there was not forgotten, not everyone can climb in your pleasure on the old dilapidated houses, which was created not by man, but by nature. Our impressions are National Göreme Park – Cappadocia Tours
According to one of the historical versions, in this territory, about 3 a million years ago there was a volcanic eruption, which lava covered the whole surrounding area. In turn, the elements of nature – the wind and the rain contributed to the transformation of the landscape, making it unique in its kind. Therefore, only here you can see creations created by nature itself – stone pillars, on top which – basalts and andesites, and below – tuffs.
Throughout its history, the boundaries of the locality are not times subject to change, but today, under the boundaries its territory is understood by the region in the center of the peninsula of Asia Minor, not landlocked. This is a flat plateau, at the height of one kilometers above sea level without any vegetation and a minimum number of rivers, surrounded on all sides by mountains – Erciyes and Hasan.
Cappadocia, historically located at the crossroads of several important migration flows, was a “tidbit” for the section. If you try to briefly describe these periods of invasive wars and different boards, it will look something like this: At first, the land belonged to the Hittites (from the 18th to the 6th century BC), and later Medes (from the 6th to the 4th century BC). Then the Persians conquer it.
In 350 BC. er the kingdom itself is created Cappadocia, which in 333 BC. er conquers Alexander Macedonian. In 17 AD already she becomes a Roman province where it lasted until 1071, until the territory departed the Seljuks as a ransom for the Byzantine emperor – Roman IV Diogenes.
The 15th year of the 16th century was marked by joining the Ottoman Empire, and 1923 – the entry into the Turkish Republic.
Old village in Chavushin. 3 km from Goreme.
Underground cities of Cappadocia
Among all known from antiquity, the cities of Cappadocia, leading the role belongs to Goreme (Goreme), the former from 6 to 9 centuries one of the largest Christian centers in whose territory there were about 400 churches. Now it is a national park – Turkey Museum under the open sky.
Goreme National Park.
On the territory of the modern park there are such churches as – Church of St. Basil – The serpent church (named after the fresco, on which depicts the holy Cappadocia George and Theodore, who kill dragon), Dark Church (the name, in principle, speaks for itself yourself – poorly lit church because of the small windows in it. TO the word, she once served as a dovecot, to clean the walls of which after that it took more than 10 years), – A church with sandals (called so on foot prints at the entrance) and a number of other unique and unique works of antiquity.
Icons on the walls of the stone temple.
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