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Underground towns, Goreme National Park and the rock sites of Cappadocia.

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The landscape of Cappadocia in central Turkey has been sculpted by centuries of erosion.

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Christians began to build churches here as early as the first century.

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One of them is the 12th century Karanlik church, meaning the dark church,

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because hardly any light penetrates inside the building.

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It has original fresco paintings of the time.

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An underground town of amazing scale was discovered in a Cappadocia village in 1965.

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Locals gradually dug deeper underground as they sought refuge from invaders,

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eventually forming a huge eight-story underground town.

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Wine was made here in a corner on the first floor.

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The grapes were crushed by foot. The grape juice flowed into the hole below.

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The juice would then be stored in a large pot to be mellowed.

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Underground level 2 was used for living and storage.

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There's a dining room, a living room and a bedroom.

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People continued to dig to accommodate the growing number of people.

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The holes in the corridor were used primarily as a storage entrance,

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but also serve as a pitfall in times of battle.

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A door made of rock dominates the corridor, connecting underground levels 3 and 5.

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It weighs one ton and once rolled into place, seals off the complex from intruders.

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Once closed, the rock will not budge from the outside.

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One long well runs vertically through the underground town.

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The 65-metre construction not only provides water for each floor,

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but also functions as a ventilation device.

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A steep staircase leads to underground level 7.

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At the bottom was a church carved out in the shape of a cross.

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The Christians of Cappadocia had created a space for their faith

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at the deepest level of the underground town.

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