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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.


Hidden (Saklı) Church
Hidden Church (Turkish, Saklı Kilise) is a richly-painted, three-aisled church in Soğanlı Valley.

KarabaÅŸ Church
Karabaş Church is a famous monastery complex with four adjoining churches in Soğanlı Valley.


St. Barbara Church
St. Barbara Church is a single-nave cave church with the best fresco paintings in Soğanlı Valley.


Cross Church (Soğanlı)
Cross Church in Soğanlı Valley has unique architecture, such as corner pillars, a full rock iconostasis, and triangle pendentives.


Han Complex
Han is a spectacular rock-cut courtyard in Soğanlı Valley with two large halls and two elevated churches.


Domed (Kubbeli) Churches
Kubbeli Kiliseler are three churches in Soğanlı Valley with unique, external domes.

Snake (Canavar) Church
Snake Church (Turkish, Canavar/Yılanlı Kilise) is a cavernous monastic complex in Soğanli Valley.
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