Ortahisar and Ortahisar Catle Cappadocia

Ortahisar, Nevşehir

 

It is a town of Nevşehir located on Urgup highway, 6 kilometers from Urgup. The most prominent structure is Ortahisar Castle, carved at the time of Etiler, at an altitude of 86 m with a height of 1200 m. The castle was used for both strategic and settlement purposes. 

There are examples of characteristic civil architecture of Cappadocia in the skirts of the castle. In addition, potatoes and apples grown in the region are stored in rock deposits, which are carved on the slopes of almost all valleys, and the orange and lemon brought from the Mediterranean Region are stored as well. Ortahisar is 6 km west of Ürgüp and near Nevşehir road. In 1916 we became a town. It is an interesting town with its natural beauties and historical features. 

The valley that covers Kavak, İbrahim Paşa and Ortahisar, reaches the Damsa valley. The relatives of this vassal Damsa tea take the name Üzengi. Its natural features are drinking water, mineral water. In the middle of Ortahisar there is a castle with a huge fairy chimney. The foreigners also call it as a castle. There are rooms and lounges. It is difficult to get to the hill, but view fo the castle from there takes all your tiredness. In addition, there are many churches around the town. 

Talas valley is very interesting in this regard. In the middle of the storey, the houses rise up the stairs to the hill. In recent years they have built new houses on the plain towards the road of Nevşehir. It consists of two localities named Atik and Cedit. The natural beauty of the old historical buildings is interesting citrus warehouses are visible near the rock churches are formed to provide the tourist attractions. There are very interesting monasteries and churches in Ortahisar valleys. These are Sarıca Church, Cambazlı Church, Rabbit Church, Balkan Stream Churches, 

Hallaç Dere Monastery. The people of Ortahisar make their living from viticulture. Also the big head is made in livestock. Ortahisar Castle was used for both strategic and settlement purposes. There are examples of characteristic civil architecture of Cappadocia in the skirts of the castle. In addition, potatoes and apples grown in the region and orange and lemon brought from the Mediterranean Region are stored in the cold air depots which are torn on the slopes of almost all the valleys. Also in 2004, the first and only Ethnographic Museum of Cappadocia, where all the experience of Cappadocia was told, was opened in Ortahisar.