Giant mushroom valley in Turkey

To see the valley with mushroom-shaped stone pillars, an early morning air balloon ride is the perfect choice.

Beautiful photos of the valley with Cappadocia shaped stone pillars

Located near the center of the Anatolia region of Turkey, Cappadocia is an area formed from volcanic lava millions of years ago.Due to the impact of geological and weather activities, mushroom-shaped stone pillars are formed with quite sensitive shapes in the eyes of tourists from all over the world.

To see the valleys formed by volcanic rocks, an early morning air balloon ride is the perfect choice. From above, Cappadocia appears with huge cracks, rising high as lively pillars rising in the dawn.

The formation of these giant mushrooms or chimneys stems from volcanic lava flows erupting on the surface and freezing.The surface is exposed immediately to the air and turns dark gray, the lower layer is called soft rock and almost does not suffer from oxygen impact.

Over thousands of years, according to the effects of nature, especially the rain and wind blowing through the valley eroded the soft rock below.

That's why visitors often see tall stone columns divided into two layers, the upper layer is darker and bigger (due to hard rock), the lower layer is smaller because it is soft and prone to 'peeling' by the wind and rain.

Across the valleys are small towns such as Cavusin, Uchisar, Avanos, Goreme and Nevshir . It is not difficult for visitors to see stone columns of strange shapes and even sensitive.In addition, due to the soft nature of volcanic rock, people carved into mountain rock into artificial caves to make shelter forming the whole city in the cliff.

Cappadocia appeared on a civilized map from the Hittite period around 1800 - 1200 BC after the king unified small nations.

Continuing to develop under the control of Persians and Romans, Byzantine period (4-14 century), Cappadocia became one of the first centers of Christianity.At the end of the 2nd century, Christianity here had the largest community of Cappadocia.

In the time of the invasion of the Persian and Arab armies, in order to preserve their Christian faith, the people here dug into the ground and built up cities of 20-30m deep.