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Cappadocia

We have arrived safely in Cappadocia and had an amazing time seeing the Cave Churches, the Underground City, and riding camels in the Red Valley!

Kaymakli Underground City

Early Christians (Cappadocia Greeks) escaped persecutions from the Romans in the 4th century and the latter Arab and Ottoman invasions by hiding in several huge underground cities in Cappadocia.
The apse of a small chapel on the second level of the underground city
A room on the upper level, and a passage way on the lower level
Sunrise in the Red Valley
Hot air balloons in the Red Valley

We visited the Monks Valley on our last day in Cappadocia. This is the site where St Simeon stayed as a hermit.

There are also hermits living in the caves, and by 11th century monastic communities mushroomed in the area and built rock-cut churches and living quarters.
Gideon and Carina did some rock climbing and were able to get to the second level of the hermit’s cell!
A worship space that is carved out of the rock
The Fairy Chimneys, also known as the Monks’ Valley
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