Nevşehir Zelve-Paşabağları Archaeological Site

It is on the right of the Göreme-Avanos road, 1 km from the road. This area, which was formerly called "Priests Valley" and today Paşabağları, is covered with unique fairy chimneys. Chapel and sitting areas are carved into the interior of some fairy chimneys, which are multi-bodied and multi-headed. In one of the three-headed fairy chimneys, there is a chapel and a hermitage built in the name of Saint Simeon. It is 2 km inside the road on the Goreme-Avanos highway. Zelve Ruins, consisting of 3 valleys, is the place where the fairy chimneys are most intense. 9. -13. It has preserved its feature of being one of the important settlements and religious centers of Christians in the centuries. At the same time, the first religious seminars were given to the priests in this region. Balıklı, Üzümlü and Geyikli Churches are the most important churches of the valley and belong to the pre-Iconoclastic Period. 3. There are both mosques and monasteries in the valley. The dovecotes carved into the slopes in this area are remarkable. In the valley, which was inhabited until 1952, there are monasteries, churches, settlements, tunnels opening to two valleys, mills and mosques.