Underground City Turkey Map

Archaeologists in turkey have uncovered another massive underground city in cappadocia consisting of at least 7 kilometers 3 5 miles of tunnels hidden churches and escape galleries dating back around 5 000 years.

Underground city turkey map. The derinkuyu underground city cappadocian greek. Among those sights underground cities are truly amazing. μαλακοπή malakopi is an ancient multi level underground city in the derinkuyu district in nevşehir province turkey extending to a depth of approximately 60 metres 200 ft it is large enough to have sheltered as many as 20 000 people together with their livestock and food stores. Map of derinkuyu an ancient underground city that was found in turkey.

Kaymakli underground city turkish. Cappadocia amazes the people with its distinctive landscape and atmosphere cappadocia s primary attractions are the natural ones such as fairy chimneys caves and valleys on the other hand cappadocia has man made attractions too. There have been more than forty underground cities discovered in that region of turkey of which derinkuyu is the biggest spanning more than 8 levels and going as deep as 80 meters and able to accommodate thousands of people at a time. The city is the largest of of over 200 underground cities discovered so far in cappadocia turkey.

Cappadocia underground cities history map and facts. It was opened to visitors in 1969 although even today only 10 of the underground city is accessible to visitors. It was discovered when a turkish resident found a mysterious room behind a wall in his home. ανακού is contained within the citadel of kaymakli in the central anatolia region of turkey.

A beautiful natural wonder with impressive fairy chimneys and eroded caverns cappadocia is an amazing geological spectacle. The city goes 60 meters down and could accommodate 20 200 people. Under the town of nevsehir near cappadocia in turkey lies an extraordinary underground complex known as the derinkuyu underground city. It is still largely unexplored but initial studies suggest its size and features may rival those of derinkuyu the largest excavated underground city in cappadocia which could house 20 000 people.

Derinkuyu underground city entrance fee is 35 turkish lyra for internationals which is about 6 usd making it one of the most expensive ticket attractions in cappadocia. The cutaway map above shows part of the underground city of derinkuyu as it would have appeared at its peak during the byzantine era.