Turkey's underground city of 20,000 people - BBC
2022年8月11日 · In the book, he mentions Anatolian people, in or near the region of Cappadocia, living underground in excavated homes rather than the more popular cliffside cave-dwellings that are well known in...
Derinkuyu underground city - Wikipedia
It is the largest excavated underground city in Turkey and is one of several underground complexes found throughout Cappadocia. The underground city at Derinkuyu could be closed from the inside with large rolling stone doors. Each floor could be closed off separately. [1]
The incredible rock houses and underground cities of Cappadocia
2014年2月28日 · The region of Cappadocia in central Turkey is home to one of the most spectacular landscapes in the world – deep valleys and soaring rock formations dotted with homes, chapels, tombs, temples and entire subterranean cities harmoniously carved into the natural landforms.
Underground Cities of Anatolia, Central Turkey - Rick Steves
Caves served as ancient condominiums with holes dug out as cooking pits. In addition to living spaces, they also were equipped with natural pantries — cubby holes carved out for storage of food and wine.
Cappadocia - Wikipedia
Cappadocia lies in eastern Anatolia, in the heartland of what is now Turkey. The relief consists of a high plateau over 1000 m in altitude that is pierced by volcanic peaks, with Mount Erciyes (ancient Argaeus) near Kayseri (ancient Caesarea) being the tallest at 3916 m .
Derinkuyu: History of Turkey’s Underground City
2017年6月20日 · Derinkuyu is the deepest excavated underground city in Cappadocia in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. A beautiful natural wonder with impressive fairy chimneys and eroded caverns, Cappadocia is an amazing geological spectacle.
Exploring Cave Houses and Underground Cities in Turkey
2013年1月13日 · For nine million years, water and air have eroded the tufa so these lines of rocky mountains form cliffs and spectacular shapes and structures featuring conical rock pillars, mushrooms, caps, minarets and chimneys with the caves inside.
Cappadocia | History, Location, Map, & Facts | Britannica
2024年12月5日 · Cappadocia, ancient district in east-central Anatolia, situated on the rugged plateau north of the Taurus Mountains, in the center of present-day Turkey. Cappadocia’s landscape includes dramatic expanses of soft volcanic rock, shaped by erosion into towers, cones, valleys, and caves.
Exploring the Underground Cities of Cappadocia in Central Turkey
Cappadocia is a fascinating journey through times gone by – but ultimately the major attraction to this Central Anatolia moonscape are the underground cities. Beneath the land of the living, are masses of sprawling tunnels and small cave rooms that are strangely quiet but their history is as the saving grace for civilizations that hid in fear ...
Cappadocia – Travel guide at Wikivoyage
Cappadocia (Turkish: Kapadokya) is an area within South Central Anatolia in Turkey, with a surreal landscape dotted with underground cities, cave churches and houses carved in the rocks.