Turkey - Cappadocia

You can taste some of the finest of Turkish cuisine here. Hi, I am Rebecca Brayton and welcome to watch mojo.com and today we'll continue our travel series with a look at a region in Turkey called Cappadocia.
Cappadocia is a famous and popular tourist destination as it has many areas with unique geological, historic and cultural features. Cappadocia is generally regarded as the plains and the region of eastern central Anatolia, around the upper and middle ridges of the Red River.
It was here that several ancient highways crossed and different came into contact with each other. There are many must-see places in Cappadocia, for examples Fairy Chimneys, Goreme valley National Park and the rock fortresses.
Cappadocia is in the middle of a once active . Over many millions of years, , , rain and ice sculpted what we know now as Cappadocia. As the land eroded, the remained and formed conical , sometimes reaching as high as a hundred and forty-five feet.
Today we see hundreds of pillars and minaret-like forms. The volcanic deposits are soft rocks that the people in the villages at the heart of the region carved out to form houses, and .
The local people call these unique rock formations Fairy Chimneys, a name that has endured throughout the ages. Visitors can see the from a , by walking, horse-riding or biking around the valleys.
Although referred to as cities, the underground cave communities of Cappadocia probably served more as temporary shelters rather than as permanent hidden cities. give way to elaborate subterranean systems with air shaft, waste shafts, wells, chimneys and connecting passageways. The upper levels were used for living quarters while the lower levels when used for storage, , flour grinding and worship in simple .
The Goreme open-air museum is the most visited site of the monastic communities in Cappadocia and even one of the most famous sites in Central Turkey. It is a complex comprising more than 30 rock carved churches and chapels containing some super dating from the 9th to the 11th centuries. These cave frescoes are evidence of the fact the Cappadocia was one of the earliest areas for activities.
Every civilization has its distinct type of , so the archaeologists say, and Cappadocia is far from the exception. The soil and clay of the region are and have encouraged potters from to modern times. Several establishments that specialize in contemporary pottery welcome visitors today, not only to display and sell their wares, but to how they are made.
The finest carpets are made in Cappadocia and there, so it is said, the best bargains can be found. They’re made in much the same way that they were made in Marco Polo’s time and on the same materials, , cotton and silk.

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