I though of posting this in the underground cities thread but I want to continue my series here. Capadocia for the most part has been at the world cross roads. The people who lived there started digging in the soft vocanic rock to make houses, some of the earliest churches, fortresses, and entire cities (up to 10,000 people). Please enjoy these photos. All photos by me except Google Earth Aerial
Early Church
Lady pitching home-made dolls
Typical Village Buildings
Women baking bread in the Village Oven
Early Monestary
Inside, Completely Carved out of Solid Rock
Ancient Frescos Inside
Dinning Room in an old greek village
Village Shot
Village Doors
Abandoned Church
Hotel
Scenary
Underground City
Rock Carved Church
Keeping the Melons Cool
Another Planet
Large Church Interior
More Scenary, Kinda Like Utah but with over 600 ancient rock cut churches, numerous Roman/Greek/Hittite Ruins, Ottoman Mosques, and Sejuk Caravanarsaris. Pretty Awesome
Capadocia is wine country
This is a tourist Camel-camels are not part of Turkish life.
City in the Rocks
Hotel
Castle
Landscape
High Density Housing
City in the Rocks
Old Hotel Complex fron the 1100s, Seljuk Empire
Mosque Inside
"Rooms"