Churches
Cappadocia has hundreds of cave churches with beautiful fresco paintings from the 9th and 10th centuries. Byzantine Christians carved these monasteries and churches as sacred spaces to worship Jesus. Learn about the meaning of the painted icons and cave architecture. Or read about individual cave churches in Göreme, Ihlara, Soğanlı, Red Valley, Мustafapaşa/Ürgüp, and other places.