Underground City

Özkonak Underground City

Turkey
Era
c. 4th c. BCE onward
Coordinates
38.8131°, 34.8394°
Category
Underground City

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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