Gaziemir Underground City
One of the Cappadocia area underground cities is
Gaziemir underground city.
Gaziemir underground city,
which was opened on June 23,
2007, has an entrance hall
built with stone and is 10
mt in lenght. This hall is
built with overlap technique
that we see another example
in Hattusha, the capital
city of Hittites. At the end
of the hall there is an open
area to reach the other
partsof the underground city. The
other parts of the stracture
is located around this area.
This stracture has kept
being unavailable because
this area was full of mud
that was carried by floods.
Many remains found during cleaning works indicate that the underground city was used during Byzantine period. Two churches, a winery, and many wine barrels are encountered in the underground city. Along with these remains, food stores, bams, tandoor fireplaces. Turkish baths, and various living areas can be seen. many of the corridors that link different areas are wide enough for a camel to pass through. Camel bones and animal tying places carved in walls, suggest that here was used as a public house, during following periods. Other
underground cities of
Cappadocia area |