Cappadocia treasure places

Cappadocia treasure places

region, nature and history is the most beautiful place in the world. Geographical events, creating the fairy chimneys, in the historical process, people, these fairy chimneys inside the house, the church carved, frescoes decorated them, thousands of years old civilization traces have carried to the present. XII, XIII, XIV) states the boundaries of the Cappadocia Region as a wide region extending from the Taurus Mountains to the south, Aksaray to the west, Malatya to the east and East Black Sea to the north.

Today's Cappadocia Region is the area covered by Nevşehir, Aksaray, Niğde, Kayseri and Kırşehir. The narrower area of ​​the rocky Cappadocia is Uchisar, Urgup, Avanos, Goreme, Derinkuyu, Kaymakli, Ihlara and the surrounding area. These houses were built in the 19th century on the hillsides of rocks or cut stone.

The stone is the only architect of the region because of the volcanic structure of the region after the exit from the quarry is very comfortable because it can be processed very easily, but after contact with the air is hardened to become a very durable construction material. It has received. The material of both the courtyard and the house doors is wooden.

The upper part of the arched doors are decorated with stylized ivy or rosette motifs. The pigeons in the area are small structures made in the late 19th century and 18th century. Some of the pigeon houses, which are important in terms of showing the art of Islamic painting, were built as monasteries or churches. The surface of the pigeons is decorated by local artists with rich decorations and inscriptions.