Zelve Open-Air Museum

The Zelve Open-Air Museum, which once housed probably the biggest network in the locale is an astounding cavern town, honeycombed with homes, strict and common chambers. Zelve is arranged around 10 km out from Goreme on the Avanos street. Here, the Christians and Muslims lived respectively in immaculate agreement, until 1924. At that point Christians needed to leave the Valley as a result of the trading of minorities among Greece and Turkey, and the Muslims had to empty the Valley in the 50’s when life got perilous because of danger of disintegration. They left the site to set up an advanced town, somewhat further on, to which they gave the name Yeni Zelve (New Zelve).

The cavern mosque with the minaretNow old Zelve is a phantom town and the disintegration despite everything proceeds. The three valleys in the Zelve outdoors historical center offer a paradise for the stone climbers. It takes at any rate two hours for a decent trekker to stroll through these valleys, which additionally house the most established instances of Cappadocian engineering and strict compositions.

Start your outing by visiting the main valley on the correct taking the stamps in the subsequent valley, at that point turning right. While strolling along the way, you will see on the correct a few works of art on the outside of the stone. These frescoes are what stay from the now completely crumbled Geyikli Kilise (the Church with the Deer) and manage the cost of instances of the most seasoned artistic creations showing the chief strict images of Christianity, similar to the Cross, the deer and the fish. On entering the primary valley you will see a stone cut mosque on the left, with a dazzling minaret. You will at that point notice a religious community complex on the privilege taking after a topsy turvy bowl cut of the stone. Quickly inverse, there is a stone cut complex open by a metal stepping stool and associated with the second valley by a long, cavern burrow.

The cavern millOn leaving the primary valley you can enter the subsequent valley by following the way before the Mosque. Prior to leaving this outside exhibition hall, make certain to give extraordinary consideration to the stones at the passage of the third valley. Here you will discover a stone cut plant with a grindstone which stayed being used until the 50’s. As of late, its passage has crumpled.

At that point follow the way to the Uzumlu Kilise (The Church with Grapes) named after the lots of grapes, an image speaking to Christ himself, in a nation acclaimed for its Dionysiac ceremonies. Only alongside Uzumlu Kilise, is the Balikli Kilise (The Church with Fishes). On the apse above you will have the option to observe artworks of fish in an exceptionally blurred red.