Cappadocia - Turkey

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Cappadocia is also a popular tourist destination, as it has many areas with unique geological, historic, and cultural features. 

The Rock Sites of Cappadocia and the Goreme National Park became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985.

 

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"Cappadocia is a region in central Turkey, largely in Nevsehir Province.

The Cappadocia region is largely underlain by sedimentary rocks formed in lakes and streams, and ignimbrite deposits erupted from ancient volcanoes approximately 9 to 3 million years ago, during the late Miocene to Pliocene epochs. The rocks of Cappadocia near Göreme eroded into hundreds of spectacular pillars and minaret-like forms. The volcanic deposits are soft rocks that the people of the villages at the heart of the Cappadocia Region carved out to form houses, churches and monasteries." - in: wikipedia

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One of the most famous geographical structures of Cappadocia are the fairy chimneys. Fairy Chimneys are unique formations that were produced by volcanic explosions. Tuff rock, which was created by the lava flows, was carved by wind and rain into serpentine valleys with curved cliff sides and sharp fairy chimneys. Fairy Chimneys are famous because they are unique, and beautiful and have important roles in the history of the people living there, especially early Christians.

Fairy chimneys in Turkey are around 14 million years old but the formation continues with wind and rain. So it is an ongoing process. - in: https://cappadociatravelpass.com