First structure is monastery of nuns at
the Goreme open
air museum. In fact, the monastery of nuns known as six or seven floors but can
be visited only three floors yet. The connection between the floors of the
monastery is provided with tunnel and tunnel entrance are closed with sliding
stones like underground cities of Cappadocia. There is a dining
hall in the first floor, second floor has a chapel which decorated with
frescoes and third floor also has a church with geometric decoration. There is
Monastery of Priests near the Monastery of the nuns. Only a few rooms on the
ground floor can be visited for into the rock layers are destroyed. A little
later there is Hagios Basileos church which is known a tomb chapel walls
decorated with frescoes. Near this church there is Aynali monastery with places
around a courtyard. Aynali monastery has a big room which suppositional meeting
room, a church and tomb rooms. Elmali monastery, for many years been
used as a loft, all entries have been closed and thus without destroying
frescoes hardly reached today. Understanding that the church is decorated in
two differnet periods by means of red paint figurative decorations bottom of
the poured frescoes. There is Barbara Church behind the Elmali monastery,
Barbara Church walls are decorated with geometric figures and animal pictures.
Just ahead Church of Hagia Katherina' frescoes largely damaged. Yilanli church
has a church, refectory, and other places. It has been named as Yilanli Church (Church
with snake) for on one of the frescoes St.
Georgios fight with a dragon on a horse.
Goreme Open Air Museum is a member of Unesco World
Heritage List since 1984. Open everyday between 8.00 a.m and 5.00 p.m. in
winter months close earlier. Tel: 00 90 384 271 21 67 (From out of Turkey)
How can you go: Goreme open air museum is near the
Goreme town of Nevsehir province. Nevsehir is 670 km. far from Istanbul, 280
km. from Ankara, 750 km. from Izmir. Goreme is 15 km. from Nevsehir center, you
can go by bus, minibus or taxi to Goreme from Nevsehir. You can go by walking
to museum from Goreme in 20 minutes.
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