Cavusin Photo: Cavusin

The small village of Cavusin is situated 6 km North-East of göreme on the road to Avanos. The village of Cavusin, with a good hotel and several boarding houses affects the remnants of a large cave city. Near this village there are many buildings, which are pressed to the rocks and continue in them. The back wall, revealing a multi-level system of housing, to rock city after the next collapse. Rock, eaten as a piece of "cheese", can be seen from afar, so Cavusin not difficult to find. In this "cheese" people lived in the fifties of the twentieth century. Until 1953 this part of the city was populated by Turks living in caves. Christians expelled after the great earthquake, and residents were forbidden to live in caves. Most likely, the collapse was due to the fact that the rock could not stand the clutter constantly parabasis new passages and rooms. In these caves on the recent stay of people testify hooks for chandeliers on the ceilings, also preserved in some caves house numbers.

The small village of Cavusin is surrounded by amazingly beautiful rock churches built in the I-X century. Of the churches are located in Gulludere and Kizilcukur. Here is the largest and the oldest Church in the area - "Wafting Yahya". In the Church "Buyuk Guvercinlik" is a dirt road toward the House, built in honor of Emperor Nicephorus Phocas in the Byzantine period. The frescoes in the Church of St. John tell us about the pilgrimage and crusade Nicephorus Phocas through Cappadocia in 964-965. Himself rock complex is still occasionally used as a warehouse, although until recently was inhabited by people. The rock in which the Church of Nicephorus Phocas, the dovecotes, which gave her another name - the house of the dove, is in the side of Pasabagi.

On the highest point of Çavuşin is the Church of John the Baptist or as it is called Vaftizci Yahya. This Church belongs to the fifth century and is one of the oldest churches of Cappadocia. Inside it is a chain of premises in caves, half-upright moves between different levels, connected by corridors. The frescoes you can see scenes of the life of Jesus, Mary, the apostles. Many of the frescoes are lost, but some fragments still can be observed. They belong to the 7– 8th centuries. Here you look closely you can see a fresco depicting the sacrifice of Abraham. In the Church of St. John, lead metal staircase that was installed after the collapse of the ancient bridge.

In the maze of the cave, "Vyritsa" a significant part of the Cape rock, it is possible to get the Church of St. John the Baptist. In it the rooms are connected in a three-dimensional intricate chain is not worse than in some underground city. Often the passage to the next room may be located in the corner of the cave in a semi-circular recess. To see the passage is possible only when they are directly in front of him. The tunnel is so chaotic that may unexpectedly move in the ladder or well, take a multimeter to the precipice, and maybe right into the abyss, if the road collapsed, or in the cave. In the cave all inputs bent several times, so did not pass light, and thus without the light never come out of it. Lots of fun will get fans of labyrinths, not under, but above the ground.

On the main street of the village of Çavuşin can see the rock-toe, which pitted through regular clusters of caves. Easier for her to get close to Avanos North side. From the far, southern side, lies the valley of the tributary, which is unexpectedly high and steep side, engaged the remnants of the buildings of the old Çavuşin. Many houses partially destroyed. Interestingly, this destruction coming from the top down: first the roof, then residential floors, upper floors and thin walls. In the last instance is destroyed by the powerful walls of the lower floor, which usually has the form of a vaulted basement, part of which is cut in the rock.

Very impressive and a large desert city, suddenly opens eyes from the cliff opposite. In the upper part of the city begins the trail, passing by rocks and leading to Zelve, away from all roads and other signs of civilization. It stretches t the mountain that sits in the evening sun.

The inhabitants of the village of Çavuşin already moved from caves in new modern home. The local population is hospitable and smiling, but few people know English, and even more Russian language outside of populated tourist destinations. This fact in no case will not prevent tourists to exchange greetings and smiles. If you tuned in for a long chat, then, most likely, will find it among the tourists coming to look at these edges.

The local cemetery testifies to the extraordinary health of local residents easily passed the hundred years.

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