Ihlara Valley

Ancient siteGüzelyurt, Aksaray

38.2408°N · 34.3061°E

Ihlara

Ihlara Valley is a ancient site in Güzelyurt; Sixteen-kilometre canyon below Aksaray, lined with Byzantine cave churches whose frescoes dodged Iconoclasm.

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Location: 38.2408°N · 34.3061°E

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Sixteen-kilometre canyon below Aksaray, lined with Byzantine cave churches whose frescoes dodged Iconoclasm.

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Ihlara, formerly Chliara, is a town in the Guzelyurt district of Aksaray Province, about 40 km from the provincial seat and near the town of Guzelyurt. It is famed for the nearby Ihlara Valley, a 16 km gorge cut into volcanic rock in southern Cappadocia by eruptions of Mount Erciyes, with the Melendiz River flowing through it.

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