Uchisar

Uchisar is arranged at the most elevated point in Cappadocia, on the Nevsehir-Goreme street, only 5 km from Goreme. The highest point of the Uchisar Castle, gives a heavenly scene of the encompassing region with Mount Erciyes out yonder.

Numerous rooms burrowed out into the stone are associated with one another with stairs, passages and entries. At the doorways of the rooms, there are grindstone entryways, much the same as the ones in the underground settlements, used to control access to these spots. Because of the disintegration in spots of this multi-leveled manor, it is lamentably impractical to arrive at all the rooms. The majority of the rooms, situated on the north side of the manor are being used as pigeon houses (dovecuts) today. Ranchers utilized these cavern pigeon houses to gather the droppings of pigeons which is a phenomenal common manure for the plantations and vineyards.

There are additionally numerous other pigeon houses in Pigeon Valley (Guvercinlik Vadisi in Turkish) which associates Uchisar to Goreme. A large portion of these cavern homes have been painted white to draw in the winged creatures and their important droppings.

The pixie smokestacks toward the west, east and north of Uchisar were dug out and utilized as graves during the Roman time frame. Inside these stone cut tombs, the passages which by and large face west, are klines or stone pieces on which the bodies were laid.

Uchisar Pigeon Valley, CappadociaMany rock cut holy places have been found on the edges of the palace as well as inside it. The purpose behind this might be that Goreme, having various houses of worship and cloisters, is exceptionally near Uchisar.

The basic Byzantine graves on the château are not exceptionally intriguing as they have been disintegrated and stripped. It is said that in towns with fortresses, for example Uchisar, Ortahisar and Urgup (Bashisar), long safeguard burrows ventured far into the encompassing territories. Be that as it may, since the passages have fell in places, this hypothesis can’t be affirmed, however is a common misconception with regards to the huge spans they spread.

There are minibusses among Goreme and Uchisar which leave at each thirty minutes on weekdays and consistently on end of the week. You can likewise stroll through the Pigeon Valley which offers an entrancing scene. A climb from Goreme to Uchisar through Pigeon Valley takes around two hours.