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Aydıntepe Underground City

Bayburt · Historic Sites

Miniature relief of Aydıntepe Underground City
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Who builds a city underground, and why? To hide from enemies, to shelter from the freezing cold of winter, or because life inside the earth, out of sight, simply feels safer? The tunnels stretching beneath Aydıntepe give no firm answer to any of these questions; but they make you ask them all at once…