Goreme and Gorme Open Air Museum

The most important place in the historical meaning of Goreme, the cute town of Cappadocia, where life is intertwined with fairy chimneys is Goreme Open Air Museum. The museum consists of monasteries, churches, chapels, dining halls, kitchens and living areas carved into the rock. This region was founded as a center of religious education and thought in the 4th century by St. Bishop of Kayseri, an important person in the history of Christianity. The ideas of Saint Basil, who brought many innovations to Christian thought, were first begun to be taught here. The life of the monastery in the district lasted about 1000 years.
Monks and Nuns Monasteries
The 6-7 storey rock mass to the left of the entrance to the museum is known as the "Abbess Monastery". The church is three crossed domes with four columns. The temples in the main apse are not very common in other churches in Göreme. There are red ornaments in the church. In the monastery are provided by tunnels. At the time of the danger, "bolt stones" were used as in the underground cities to close the tunnels. As the passage between the floors is closed due to erosion in the Priestly Abbey on the right, only a few rooms on the ground floor can be seen.
Aziz Basil Chapel
This Chapel is at the entrance of the Open Air Museum. There are grave pits in the narthex separated by columns. Neph is a transverse cradle vaulted, rectangular plan and three apses. There are three apses on the long left side of the rectangular nephrine, one large, two small. The church is dated to the 11th century.
Stages: The main apsiste is the portraits of Jesus, Mary and child Jesus on the front, Saint Theodore on the horse on the northern wall, St. George imprinting on the horse again on the horse with dragon, Saint Demetrius and two masters.
Elmali Church
It consists of three apses. It has nine domes, four columns, a closed Greek cross. The main entrance can be entered through a tunnel opening from the north.

It is a cross and geometric motifs made with direct red paint in the wall of the Church of Saint Elizabeth. It is dated to the beginning of the 12th century.

Stages: Deesis, birth, worship of three astrologers, baptism, resurrection of Lazarus, metamorphosis, entrance to Jerusalem, last dinner, betrayal, Jesus on the way to Golgota, Jesus on the cross, Jesus 'burial, Jesus' hell descent, women empty At the grave, depictions of saints. In addition, the scene of the burning of three Jewish genocide was depicted.