Goreme – Cappadocia – Turkey Goreme (Turkish: Göreme) a historic city located in the valley of Cappadocia in the Nevşehir Province in Central Anatolia and has a population of around 2,000 people. It was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1985. The time that Goreme was first settled is unclear, but it could date back to the Hittite era, between 1800 and 1200 B.C. The location of Goreme was central between rivaling empires, such as the Greeks and Persians, leading the natives to tunnel into the rock to escape from warfare.
During the Roman era, the area became home to Christians retreating from Rome. Christianity prevailed as the primary religion in the region, which is evident from many rock churches that can still be seen today. Göreme has important historical sites such as Yusuf Koc, Ortahane, Durmus Kadir and Bezirhane churches, in addition to the richly decorated Tokali Kilise, the Apple Church, and a number of homes and pigeon houses carved straight into the rock formations in the town. Tourism is the major supplier to live in Gorem, where a lot of tourists come to see cavernous churches dating back to the Byzantine era and discover cities located underground. Goreme includes an open museum which attracts thousands of tourists, ancient buildings used by the group of monastic in the past, considered one of the most important and most famous archaeological sites in central of Turkey.
This archaeological complex has more than 30 churches carved in the rocks and small shrines dating back to the period between the ninth and eleventh centuries. Visitors can wander on camels in convoys and can also ride thermal balloons and watch the village landmarks from the air.