Cappadocia Tour (Oct 2024)
I will be co-leading a tour to Cappadocia October 9–12 2024. Please consider joining.| Cappadocia History
I will be co-leading a tour to Cappadocia October 9–12 2024. Please consider joining.| Cappadocia History
The Nevşehir Underground City has two main attractions: a hilltop Ottoman-era fortress and a hillside living complex (Kayaşehir).| Cappadocia History
Kavaklıdere Monastic Complex near Urgup is a cave settlement that housed a monastic community in the 9th and 10th centuries.| Cappadocia History
Açık Saray (Open Palace) is an open settlement with nine prominent courtyard complexes and fifteen cave churches.| Cappadocia History
Tavşanlı Church is an elegant, single-nave church near Ortahısar. This tenth-century church is part of a multi-story monastic complex...| Cappadocia History
St. John’s Church is a rare two-story chapel with well-preserved images, including rare scenes of Heaven, Hell, and Last Judgment.| Cappadocia History
Sarıca Church is a cluster of tenth-century cave churches in the Kepez Valley south of Ürgüp. The open valley has multiple churches and halls, suggesting that a community populated this sacred area. Sarıca Churches 1 and 2 are located inside isolated volcanic cones in the lower section of the open valley. Sarıca Church 3 is part of the upper courtyard complex. From the Ürgüp-Mustafapaşa road, follow the signs toward the churches, located here on Google Maps. The unattended site is fre...| Cappadocia History
I was saddened to hear about the passing of Dr. Robert Ousterhout (1950-2023), Professor Emeritus of History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Ousterhout was arguably the foremost scholar of Byzantine architecture in general, and his works have come to define the field of Cappadocian studies. Dr. Ousterhout’s publications shaped my intellectual life. The content on this website owes a great debt to his academic publications. Before living in Cappadocia, I was trained as a histor...| Cappadocia History
In Christian history, Cappadocia is famous for two things—the 4C Cappadocian Fathers (i.e., Basil, Gregory of Nysa, and Gregory of Nazianzos) and the medieval cave churches. Unfortunately, these two periods share no overlap in the historical record. We have many texts from the Cappadocian Fathers, but none of the physical structures from that era. The opposite is true for the medieval period—hundreds of chapels, churches, monasteries, residences, and other rock-cut spaces remain from the ...| Cappadocia History
The 15 masonry, rock-built churches of Cappadocia.| Cappadocia History
Here are the top places to visit in Cappadocia--tips for a professional history and ex-pat who lives in Cappadocia.| Cappadocia History
Koramaz Valley is a serene valley with Roman and Byzantine ruins, located15 km NE of Kayseri.| Cappadocia History
Ali Reis Church is an irregular cruciform chapel in Ortahısar with splendid Pantocrator images.| Cappadocia History
Zelve is an open valley with a large cave settlement with Byzantine era-churches.| Cappadocia History
Zelve Churches 7a and 7b are two single-nave churches with side chapels.| Cappadocia History
Zelve Church 6 is a square church with magnificent crosses carved onto the ceiling and side walls.| Cappadocia History
Zelve Church 4b is the well-preserved, 11th-century chapel in the Zelve Open Air Museum.| Cappadocia History
Zelve Church 4 was the main church of the Zelve community. This large double-nave church features a variety of decorative crosses.| Cappadocia History
Zelve Church 2 is a large single-nave cave church inside the Zelve Museum.| Cappadocia History
Zelve Church 1 is a single-nave burial chapel decorated with a remarkable variety of rock-cut crosses.| Cappadocia History
