http://www.turkeyistanbulpackages.com/rss.html en info@turkeyistanbulpackages.com /images/rss-logo.jpg http://www.turkeyistanbulpackages.com/ Cappadocia st. barbara chapel it is a small church with two columns and a small dome. the walls are full of randomly painted decorations and christ is painted in the central apse. on the northern wall st. george and st. theodore are represented slaying the dragon. besides this is the scene of flight to egypt. these frescoes are painted directly on the wall. architectural details are not ignored and the purpose of the linear decoration is to give the feeling of a masonry-built church. similar to the barbara church there are other xith century churches with linear and geometric designs enriched with thick lines. they keep their mystery since nothing is written to

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]]> http://www.turkeyistanbulpackages.com/about-turkey/10/bodrum.html snake church the church consists of two parts; first a long nave then another section with a flat ceiling. opposite to the entrance christ is seen standing, with a young boy beside him. the first two figures on the upper right wall are st. basil and st. thomas. then comes st. onuphirious with a leaf covering her genital organ. according to the tale st. onuphirious was a frivolous woman once. one day she prays god to protect her from men. god accepts her will and uglifies her with beard and moustache and she retires into a secluded life. the first figure on the upper left wall is st. onosimos. further on st. theodor and st. george a

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]]> http://www.turkeyistanbulpackages.com/about-turkey/20/snake-church.html goreme national park cappadocia has one of the most interesting and spectacular landscapes in the world. about three million years ago the volcanoes of mt. erciyes and mt. hasan covered the surrounding plateau with volcanic tuff as a result of their violent eruptions. the natural effects of wind, water and rain eroded this area into a spectacular, surrealist landscape of rock caves, capped pinnacles and fretted ravines in colors ranging from warm tones of red and gold to cool tones of green and gray. dating back to 4000 bc; the earliest people used to live in goreme, known as cappadocia, in dwellings dug into the rock

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