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  • Uchisar

  • Uchisar

    Uchisar is a historical town located in Nevşehir Province, Turkey. The city contains a Byzantine castle along with many rock cut churches and graves. Uchisar was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985 as part of Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia.
    The site is one of the elements that make up the UNESCO World Heritage site, Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia.
    World Heritage Site
    Uchisar
    by Ludovic Courtès, GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Uchisar

    World Heritage Site

    Date of Inscription

    1985

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    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Turkey

    Nevşehir

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    8th Century AD

    Byzantine

    Christian

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    Byzantine & Christian Monuments

     

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