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How Nature and Humanity Evolves in Cappadocia

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Two of us admiring the beauty and ingenious life in Cappadocia

Cappadocia has such a unique landscape. The region was formed 60 million years ago by erosion of soft layers of lava and ash from surrounding mountains composing with wind and rain over millions of years.

These geographical events created fairy chimneys – the people then carved houses and churches inside these chimneys. One of the castle in Ortahisar is known as the first human multi-storeys settlement in the world. And the ingenious design of the cave and underground houses protect them from enemies and freak of nature.

Othisar Castle, the first multi storeys human settlement
Couple pose in Uthisar Kaya Hotel
Enjoying coffee at Goreme overseeing magnificent landscape
The cave houses turned into hotel at Uchisar Valley
Inside the cave houses
At the top of Goreme Open Air Museum
Goreme Open Air Museum – these are christian churches, built inside the caves to avoid Roman interventions
Dove Valley – the little square holes are for the doves, so people can get their droppings as natural fertilizer
Elok at Goreme Open Air Museum
Walking down with Goreme at the background

We spent three days exploring this area, learning the rich history of prior human settlements in their efforts to survive, strive and leave the legacies we’re now admiring. Such a remarkable trace of how nature and humanity evolved.

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