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Cappadocia
is a geological poem written by
time,by million yeared wind and water sweeping or softly sliding by. The
hand that shaped these forms seems all but sentient,giving fantastic shape
to a world not quite of this planet.
This high scherzo of nature tarnsported calls the traveller to delirious
voyaging. But watch your head. Lets live this poem with Capadociatours.
Cappadocia name used first time by the Persian as Katpatuka which means
"the land of the beatifull horses".Hitite people also used the breed the
horses in this region.
Hitites were the first civilization ;1800 b.c 1200 b.c Then Thabals
,Asyrian Persians lived .Than Romans controlled this rocky land.Cappadocia
was a refuge and a shelter for earl christians during the Roman and
Byzantine period.Than region becomes an important
christian teaching center.So that locals carved out over 300 cave churches
and 30 underground cities.Untill 1924 local christians and the Turks were
living in this area together in the harmony atmospher.
Lets explore this unique region with Capadociatours experience.
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