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Zelve & Paşabağı

Nevşehir · Valleys & Canyons

Miniature relief of Zelve & Paşabağı
AI drawing · Open data

Saint Simeon, who lived in Syria in the fifth century, chose an unusual way to withdraw from the world: he climbed to the top of a pillar and spent more than thirty years of his life there. But what were the monks who wished to follow his path to do when they could find no pillar? In Cappadocia the answer was ready and waiting: fairy chimneys…