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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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'Saint Barbara Chapel-1.'
The domes of the St. Barbara Chapel have been cut out of the volcanic rock east of the Cappadocian village of Göreme. Its abstract decorations date from the iconoclastic period (725- 842 AD) when images of god or saints were not allowed. The cave church is part of a monastic settlement that was occupied from the 4th till the 13th century and is now situated in the Göreme Open-air Museum. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
'Saint Barbara Chapel-1.'
The domes of the St. Barbara Chapel have been cut out of the volcanic rock east of the Cappadocian village of Göreme. Its abstract decorations date from the iconoclastic period (725- 842 AD) when images of god or saints were not allowed. The cave church is part of a monastic settlement that was occupied from the 4th till the 13th century and is now situated in the Göreme Open-air Museum. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
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'Saint Barbara Chapel-1.'
The domes of the St. Barbara Chapel have been cut out of the volcanic rock east of the Cappadocian village of Göreme. Its abstract decorations date from the iconoclastic period (725- 842 AD) when images of god or saints were not allowed. The cave church is part of a monastic settlement that was occupied from the 4th till the 13th century and is now situated in the Göreme Open-air Museum. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
'Saint Barbara Chapel-1.'
The domes of the St. Barbara Chapel have been cut out of the volcanic rock east of the Cappadocian village of Göreme. Its abstract decorations date from the iconoclastic period (725- 842 AD) when images of god or saints were not allowed. The cave church is part of a monastic settlement that was occupied from the 4th till the 13th century and is now situated in the Göreme Open-air Museum. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
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