Ozkonak Underground City
Ozkonak town of Nevsehir city which 14
km northeast of Avanos is located on the
northern slopes of the Idis
Mountain, there are
supernormal underground
structure of Ozkonak
underground city. There is
only a single main passage,
and the whole city is built
along it by cut volcanic
granite. Ozkonak underground
city has long, narrow
connections, about 5cm in
diameter, connect the
different levels and
naighbouring chambers. They
were used for communication
between the levels and for
ventilation. There are ten
rooms, four big salloon,
eight water well, four
tombs, ventilation system,
winery and closeable doors
via circle stone like
millstone for security
reason. Additionally there
are so many ambushes in the
long narrow tunnels for to
mislead enemy in the Ozkonak
underground city.
Common among the
underground cities
are huge millstone
doors. The
millstones were
rolled into narrow
sections of the
passage and wedged
from behind. Here at
Ozkonak, they have a
special feature in
front of the
millstone doors on
the ceiling are
small holes. They
are connected with a
tunnel above, and
were used to pour
hot oil on the enemy
or to spear them.
Ozkonak underground city was discovered in 1972, there are ten floors totally but only four floors open now because of has not been completely cleaned yet. Tatlarin underground
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