UNESCO sites
Kapadokya
Fairy chimneys, cave churches and hot-air balloons in central Anatolia.
The Turkish name
Kapadokya
Recording on its way.
The story
Volcanic rock, worn by wind and water into cones and pillars called fairy chimneys, gave Cappadocia its landscape. People carved homes, churches and whole underground cities into the soft stone.
The Göreme valley holds churches painted with Byzantine frescoes. UNESCO inscribed Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia in 1985, and the balloons that rise at dawn are now its best known image.
At a glance
- Province
- Nevşehir
- UNESCO
- World Heritage List, 1985
- Landmarks
- Göreme, Uçhisar, the underground city of Derinkuyu
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- Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia ↗UNESCO · Checked 2026-09-22