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Places tagged “underground” in Turkey · Mysteria

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Places tagged “underground” in Turkey

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🇹🇷 Turkey · Underground city

Derinkuyu Underground City

Byzantine (with Hittite/Phrygian antecedents debated) · Byzantine Cappadocian / earlier Phrygian/Hittite use

Deepest excavated underground city in Cappadocia, connected to Kaymaklı and 200+ subterranean complexes via 8 km tunnel. Rolling stone doors 500 kg, ventilation shafts, chapels, wineries.

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🇹🇷 Turkey · Underground city

Kaymaklı Underground City

Hittite to Byzantine · Phrygian / Byzantine

Second major Cappadocian underground city, 8 levels open to tourists, rolling doors, stables, wine storage, connected to Derinkuyu via tunnel.