Ruins· Güzelyurt, Aksaray
Snake Church
Yılanlı Kilise
Snake Church is a ruins in Güzelyurt, Aksaray; Yılanlı Church is a rock-cut church in the Ihlara Valley near Aksaray, dated to the late 9th century.
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- 38.2554°N · 34.3026°E
Editor's Note
Yılanlı Church is a rock-cut church in the Ihlara Valley near Aksaray, dated to the late 9th century. Cross-planned, barrel-vaulted and single-apsed, it has monk tombs in a chapel on its north wall. It takes its name ("Snake Church") from a scene on the west wall showing four sinful women attacked by snakes. Left unfinished, its vault is flanked by depictions of saints revered in Cappadocia.
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