Goreme National Park and Cappadocia rocky area

Unesco's Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organization has recognized Goreme National Park and Turkey's Cappadocia rocky area as a World Heritage Site in 1985.

Goreme National Park and Cappadocia rocky complex - World heritage mix

Goreme is located in the territory of Cappadocia, a historic land of Turkey . This town is located in the province of Nevsehir, central Turkey.

Cappadocia's Goreme dry valley covers an area of ​​about 43 square miles. About 50 million years ago, the terrain here was full of cracks and craters. Then, with time, there was a huge amount of lava erupting from the volcano covering Cappadocia's surface. Soft rocky mountains formed from lava erupted , eroded by wind, rain and river water gave Cappadocia a fascinating, unique beauty rarely seen anywhere in the world.

The nature here impresses tourists, especially the area with the topography such as the "moon surface" around the towns of Urgup, Goreme, Uchisar, Avanos and Mustaísasa. The reason for this because over thousands, millions of years, the surface erosion created numerous folds on the surface of soft rocky terrain, especially the valleys with many sharp pillars like Smoke figure in fairy tales or also called " Mushroom Valley ".

A famous tourist destination in Turkey, the amazing nature of the national park impresses anyone who has ever come here.

The area also has thousands of years old underground cities run by Christians who have sought out the Roman army here, both as a hiding place for their enemies and a place for them to avoid evil beasts. and harsh winter.

From the primitive underground caves, residents in this area have increased their population quickly and formed a stable society. It is these Christians who have built up a system of vast and underground cities deep in the earth.

In total, there are about 40 scattered cities and settlements in Cappadocia, including the two largest underground cities, most notably Kaymakli and Derinkuyu .

Through archaeological studies, scientists said that these two underground cities had 7-8 deep floors, extremely clever planning. These cities were underground cities with a population of up to 20,000 people.

Interconnecting rooms, corridors and stairways, smoke pipes as well as closed stone doors from the inside to avoid an ingenious design by architects living a lot ago century.

Not only is a beautiful sightseeing spot, it also contributes significantly to the study of the lives of underground underground inhabitants thousands of years ago.

After thousands of years of underground life, when religion was accepted, these followers gradually built and organized a life on the ground.

Also because of the characteristics of mountains here are soft rock formations formed from volcanic eruptions, so instead of losing work to search for construction materials, people have skillfully know how to cut deep into the mountains, creating houses cave and even a system of churches and monasteries around it.

Goreme is one of the most developed monastic communities, because the monks have built and left a lot of monastic relics, the cave deep in the cave dating from the years 300 - 1,200 after the work. original.

Goreme currently still has more than 30 stone cave churches built in the 9th-11th century, with arches with vivid colors of vignettes.

Goreme National Park and Cappadocia rock mountain area are recognized by Unesco as World Heritage under the criteria (i), (iii), (v), (vii)

1. The rocky mountains here form a unique piece of art that cannot be replaced in history.
2. It also retains many important religious monuments that are a true proof of a civilization of humanity.
3. Cappadocia is a prominent example of traditional human settlements thousands of years ago.
4. Goreme National Park and Cappadocia rocky area are a spectacular natural landscape and are an ideal place for experiments on erosion features.

There are still countless ancient buildings of thousands of years of age, high value in history as well as architecture.