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Descend into subterranean settlements and complexes carved for shelter, storage, movement, worship, and protection beneath the surface.
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Eighteen-level subterranean city in Cappadocia, descending 85 metres. Sheltered up to 20,000 people during Arab–Byzantine raids.
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Three-level subterranean necropolis carved entirely by hand from limestone. Acoustic chambers tuned to specific frequencies.
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Wider and shallower than Derinkuyu, eight floors deep. Connected to its larger cousin by a 9-kilometre tunnel.
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Less-visited Cappadocian underground city, with stables, churches, and storage rooms still being excavated.
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Ten-level Cappadocian underground city north of Avanos. Discovered in 1972 by a farmer wondering where his crop water was disappearing. Capacity for some 60,000 people for up to three months.
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Cappadocian underground complex perched beneath the village of Tatlarin. Frescoed chapels and rolling-stone doors, opened to visitors in 1991.
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