Verified38.4620° N · 34.7530° E · 1250 m
Kaymaklı Underground City
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Hittite to Byzantine·Phrygian / Byzantine·🇹🇷 Cappadocia, Nevşehir, Turkey
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About
About Kaymaklı Underground City
Second major Cappadocian underground city, 8 levels open to tourists, rolling doors, stables, wine storage, connected to Derinkuyu via tunnel. Recorded context — Period: Hittite to Byzantine; Culture: Phrygian / Byzantine; Field status: partially excavated; Materials: stone; Condition: ruins.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- Hittite trap then Byzantine expansion
- Period
- Hittite to Byzantine
- Culture
- Phrygian / Byzantine
- Purpose
- Refuge
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
Hittite trap then Byzantine expansion
Initial construction
c. 1488 CE
Major expansion
Location
Where it is
38.4620° N · 34.7530° E · 1250 m
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