Cappadocia

Cappadocia  is a historical region name, roughly located in the southeast of ancient Asia Minor (ie Turkey). In the time of the ancient Greek historian Herodotus, Cappadocia included a vast area from the Taurus Mountains to the Black Sea.

Cappadocia, thus defined, is bounded on the south by the Taurus Mountains, on the east by the Euphrates, on the north by Pontus, and on the west by the Central Saline Wasteland. The exact extent of the scope is difficult to determine. Strabo was the only classical writer who wrote specifically about the region, but he exaggerated the size of Cappadocia; it is now known to be about 400 kilometers from east to west and only 240 kilometers from north to south .

Cappadocia is famous for its fairy-tale speckled rock formations: strange rock formations, caves and historical sites of semi-hermit people are fascinating. It was originally a refuge for Christians escaping Roman persecution. In the 4th century AD, a group of monks established the main part of Cappadocia. After many years of weathering and water erosion, there are rocky hills of different shapes standing upright. Thousands of caves have been dug on these rock faces, and many frescoes are preserved in many caves, which is the late period of anti-icon worship in Byzantine art. unique testimony. Cappadocia's unique karst landform is similar to the surface of the moon, and it is called "the most moon-like place on earth".

Cappadocia was selected as one of the ten most beautiful places on Earth by the National Geographic magazine. It is one of the three best places on earth to take a hot air balloon.