Churches of Göreme
id:
churches-of-g-reme-245-6347150
title:
Churches of Göreme
text:
Göreme is a district of the Nevşehir Province in Turkey. After the eruption of Mount Erciyes about 2.6 million years ago, ash and lava formed soft rocks in the Cappadocia region, covering a region of about 20,000 square kilometres (7,700 sq mi). The softer rock was eroded by wind and water, leaving the hard cap rock on top of pillars, forming the present-day fairy chimneys. People of Göreme, at the heart of the Cappadocia region, realized that these soft rocks could be easily carved out to form
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Archaeological sites in Turkey
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churches_of_G%C3%B6reme
date created:
date modified:
2024-04-26T19:43:03Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q15210336","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q15210336"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/G%C3%B6reme_Open_Air_Museum_01.jpg","width":5184,"height":3456}
fields total:
13
integrity:
15