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 OneStonedCrow rated 3 months ago -
CAPPADOCIA
Cappadocia (or Capadocia, Turkish Kapadokya, from Greek: / Kappadokía, which in turn is from the Persian: Katpatuka meaning "the land of beautiful horses", was an extensive inland district of Asia Minor (modern Turkey). The name continued to be used in western ...
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- OneStonedCrow rated 3 months ago
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CAPPADOCIA
Cappadocia (or Capadocia, Turkish Kapadokya, from Greek: / Kappadokía, which in turn is from the Persian: Katpatuka meaning "the land of beautiful horses", was an extensive inland district of Asia Minor (modern Turkey). The name continued to be used in western sources and in the Christian tradition throughout history and is still widely used as an international tourism concept to define a region of exceptional natural wonders characterized by fairy chimneys and a unique historical and cultural heritage. The term, as used in tourism, roughly corresponds to present-day Nevehir Province of Turkey.
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 (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.
OhMyGoodness! ... somebody please take me there, ... I promise I won't touch or break anything ...
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