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Cappadocian
region is the place where nature and history come together
most beautifully within the world. While geographic
events are forming Peribacaları (fairy chimneys), during
the historical period, humans had carried the signs
of thousand years old civilizations with carving houses
and churches within these earth pillars and decorating
them with frisks. During the Roman Emperor, Augustus
period, territories of Cappadocian Region as a wide
region lying till to the Toros Mountains at south, Aksaray
at west, Malatya at east and Eastern Black Sea shores
at north within the 17 volume book named 'Geographika'
of Strabon, one of the Antic Period writers. Today's
Cappadocian Region is the area covered by Nevşehir,
Aksaray, Niğde, Kayseri, and Kırşehir cities. More limited
area, rocky Cappadocian Region is composed of Üçhisar,
Göreme, Avanos, Ürgüp, Derinkuyu, Kaymaklı, Ihlara and
environment. Traditional Cappadocian houses and dovecotes
carved into stones are showing the uniqueness of the
region. These houses are constructed on the feet of
the mountain via rocks or cut stones. Rock, which is
the only construction material of the region, as it
is very soft after quarry due to the structure of the
region, can be
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