This is the Turkish World's Wonder. In the residual relief made of tuffs and basalt lava, persecuted Christians carved churches, monasteries and dwellings.
Goreme National Park, with a surface of 9,576 hectares, is located in central Anatolia, between the volcanic mountains Hasan and Erciyes, in the Nevsehir Province, 83 km (52 mi) off Nigde. In the volcanic rocks, erosion carved mighty shapes protected by the basalt coverlet. But the originality of the area is given by the fact that th...
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