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First structure is monastery
of nuns at the Goreme open
air museum. In fact, the
monastery of nuns known as
six or seven floors but can
be visited only three floors
yet. The connection between
the floors of the monastery
is provided with tunnel and
tunnel entrance are closed
with sliding stones like
underground cities of
Cappadocia. There is a
dining hall in the first
floor, second floor has a
chapel which decorated with
frescoes and third floor
also has a church with
geometric decoration. There
is Monastery of Priests near
the Monastery of the nuns.
Only a few rooms on the
ground floor can be visited
for into the rock layers are
destroyed. A little later
there is Hagios Basileos
church which is known a tomb
chapel walls decorated with
frescoes. Near this church
there is Aynali monastery
with places around a
courtyard. Aynali monastery
has a big room which
suppositional meeting room,
a church and tomb rooms.
Elmali monastery, for many
years been used as a loft,
all entries have been closed
and thus without destroying
frescoes hardly reached
today. Understanding that
the church is decorated in
two differnet periods by
means of red paint
figurative decorations
bottom of the poured
frescoes. There is Barbara
Church behind the Elmali
monastery, Barbara Church
walls are decorated with
geometric figures and animal
pictures. Just ahead Church
of Hagia Katherina' frescoes
largely damaged. Yilanli
church has a church,
refectory, and other places.
It has been named as Yilanli
Church (Church with snake)
for on one of the frescoes
St. Georgios fight with a
dragon on a horse.
Goreme Open Air Museum is a
member of Unesco World
Heritage List since 1984.
Open everyday between 8.00
a.m and 5.00 p.m. in winter
months close earlier.
How
can you go:
Goreme open air museum is
near the Goreme town of
Nevsehir province.
Nevsehir is 670 km. far
from
Istanbul, 280 km. from
Ankara, 750 km. from
Izmir. Goreme is 15 km.
from
Nevsehir center, you can
go by bus, minibus or taxi
to Goreme from
Nevsehir. You can go by
walking to museum from
Goreme in 20 minutes. |
