Place:Goreme, Nevsehir, Turkey

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NameGoreme
Alt namesGöremesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Göremesource: Wikipedia
TypeTown
Coordinates38.683°N 34.833°E
Located inNevsehir, Turkey
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Göreme, located among the "fairy chimney" rock formations, is a town in Cappadocia, a historical region of Turkey. It is in the Nevşehir Province in Central Anatolia and has a population of around 2,000 people.

Former names of the town have been Korama, Matiana, Maccan or Machan, and Avcilar. When Göreme Valley nearby was designated an important tourist destination, a "center" for all tourism in Cappadocia, the name of the town was changed to Göreme for practical reasons. Among Göreme's historically important sites are the Bezirhane, Durmus Kadir, Ortahane, and Yusuf Koç churches, in addition to the richly decorated Tokali Kilise, the Apple Church, and a number of homes and pigeon houses carved into the rock formations in the town.

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