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Cappadocia, Turkey

Cappadocia Site: Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia  Area: Turkey  Year Designated: 1985  Classification: Cultural, normal  Reason: This rough scene is honeycombed with systems of old underground settlements and remarkable case of Byzantine workmanship. A large number of years prior a gathering of old volcanoes, Mount Erciyes, Mount Hasan and Mount Melendiz, retched out endless supply of thick tuff which covered the field for miles around. Throughout the hundreds of years the wind and rain worked their enchantment on the delicate rock, cutting out awesome chasms and abandoning the sensational apexes of rock - the 'pixie smokestacks' - that have made the Cappadocian moonscape. Be that as it may, Cappadocia has dependably been considerably more than its sensational landscape. People, as well, have left their one of a kind imprint on the district, cutting hole storerooms, cavern stables, hole houses and even whole underground urb...