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Central Anatolia, Turkey's volcanic heart
Central Anatolia, Turkey's volcanic heart
South of Turkey's capital Ankara you can find some of the most astonishing landscapes of the planet. Here, in Cappadocia, soft volcanic tuff has been sculpted into fantastic shapes by millennia of erosion: huge pillars and mushrooms, valleys of "folded paper" and tuff cones in which early Christians carved their vibrantly painted churches. A stark contrast is provided by the barren salt flats of Tuz Gülö and the austere capital of the ancient Hittites: Hattusha.
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'Iconoclastic tree.'
On the slopes of the Kiliclar (Sword) Valley, east of the Cappadocian village of Göreme, many small cave churches and chapels can be found. Some bear decorations (painted in red ochre) from the iconoclastic period (726-843 AD) when the depiction of human figures was banned as idolatry and the religious message was communicated by symbols such as crosses, birds, trees, and fish. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
'Iconoclastic tree.'
On the slopes of the Kiliclar (Sword) Valley, east of the Cappadocian village of Göreme, many small cave churches and chapels can be found. Some bear decorations (painted in red ochre) from the iconoclastic period (726-843 AD) when the depiction of human figures was banned as idolatry and the religious message was communicated by symbols such as crosses, birds, trees, and fish. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
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'Iconoclastic tree.'
On the slopes of the Kiliclar (Sword) Valley, east of the Cappadocian village of Göreme, many small cave churches and chapels can be found. Some bear decorations (painted in red ochre) from the iconoclastic period (726-843 AD) when the depiction of human figures was banned as idolatry and the religious message was communicated by symbols such as crosses, birds, trees, and fish. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
'Iconoclastic tree.'
On the slopes of the Kiliclar (Sword) Valley, east of the Cappadocian village of Göreme, many small cave churches and chapels can be found. Some bear decorations (painted in red ochre) from the iconoclastic period (726-843 AD) when the depiction of human figures was banned as idolatry and the religious message was communicated by symbols such as crosses, birds, trees, and fish. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
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