Goreme Open Air Museum, Cappadocia, Turkey

Goreme Open Air Museum, consisting of many 10th - 12th century rock-cut monasteries, refectories, churches and monks cells, and the town of Goreme in the distance, Goreme National Park, in Nevsehir province, Cappadocia, Central Anatolia, Turkey. The churches in Goreme are carved from the soft volcanic tuff created by ash from volcanic eruptions millions of years ago. Early christians came here to flee persecution by the Romans and others settled here under the influence of early saints. This area forms part of the Goreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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