Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Cave Churches of Goreme

Cave Churches are one of Cappadocia's famous tourist spot. It is found in the village of Goreme.


During the medieval period when Christians were persecuted for practicing their religion, the settlers of Goreme dug the tuffa stones to make churches, monasteries, chapels, and nunneries. No one would ever think that these caves were actually churches.


There were over 13 cave cave churches in the village and all of them were elaborately designed with frescoes that depict the life and death of Christ. Learn more about this intersting cave churches and see more photos of the interior. Read more.




***All Images used are from Google Images

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