Cappadocia

Facts:

-Cappdoccia means "land of the pretty horses"

-Charlemagne tried to rule it, but, thanks to its defensive place he couldn't.

It was founded more or less in 2000 b.C. When the assirians built their pink-painted cities

if you go there...

You should visit:

-Konya City

-Derinkuyu underground city

-Peribaccalari

Konya City

It is the most important city in konya region, is a multicultural city wich contains around 2M people.

Here you can see a perfect combination of ancient buildings with a lot of history with the most new ones with technological and architecture advances

Derinkuyu Underground City

There are kitchens, pantries, churches, wels, and even presses for wine

This is a scarbed city and fortress on volcanic rock, it was designed in 399 by Jenofronte. With 20 levels, the population on its culmination was over 11000 people.

Along history it was used to protect from outside invaders

Peribacalari

This are gelogical formations made by erotion.

Rain and wind have turned this volcanic rock into this cilindric forms we can see nowadays

This has been a devotion place for thousens of years, the assirians thought this place increases fertility

ÇATAL HÖYÜK

-This is a neolithic village founded in 7500 b.C. Its name means Fork Hill

-This is the best preseved settlement situated in middle east

-In his best time they have a extension of 13 hecatares.

INFORMATION

Çatalhöyük is located to the south of the Anatolian, in the plain of Konya, near the current city of Konya.

Near flow a river that make the deposit of clay are rich.

This fact make the agriculture are more rich