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Grape (St. Niketas) Church
Grape Church is an ancient monastic cave church in Red Valley with stunning floral paintings.
St. John the Baptist Church (Çavuşin)
The cave basilica of St. John the Baptist in Çavuşin is one of Cappadocia’s oldest, largest, and most prestigious cave churches.
Meskendir Church
Meskendir Church is a monastic cave church in Red Valley (Cappadocia) with elegant carvings and red painting.
Keşlik Monastery
Keşlik Monastery outside Ürgüp is a large, historic cave monastery complex with two churches, large refectory hall, and many monks' cells.
Dereyamanlı (Avanos)
Dereyamanlı Church is a spacious cave church near Avanos with nine large, unique carved crosses.
Column Church
Column Church in Red Valley is a massive cave church with ambitious architecture, built around 1000 AD
3 Crosses (Üç Haclı) Church
Three Crosses Church (Turkish, Üç Haclı Kilise) in Güllü Dere is a cliffside cave church with three monumental crosses carved onto the roof
Cross (Haçlı) Church
Church of the Cross (Haçlı Kilise) in Red Valley is a cave church with a huge stone cross on the ceiling and fully painted apse.
Sky (Gök) Church
Sky Church (Turkish, Gök Kilise) is a double-nave cave church with external burial niches in Soğanlı Valley, built around 900 A
Soğanlı Valley Overview
Soğanlı Valley in Cappadocia has serene courtyard monasteries and cave churches from the 10th and 11th centuries.
Cemetery (Mezarlık) Kilise
Cemetery Church (Mezarlık Kilise) is an isolated cave church in Soğanlı Valley, with primitive, yet substantive orange wall paintings.
Ak Kilise
Ak Kilise (White Church) was sixth-century masonry church in the middle of Soğanlı Village.
Buckle Church (Tokalı, Soğanlı)
Buckle Church (Turkish, Tokalı Kilise) is a tall, spacious cave church set on a cliff face in the Soğanlı Valley.
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