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Day 6 – 26th February 2018 - Daily regional joined tour in Cappadocia.

The Red Valley is one of the most spectacular valleys of Cappadocia which with different shapes of rock
formations in variety colours. You may find the hidden rock-cut churches in the valley. Then we will go to Rose
Valley which is named from the rose-coloured rock that varies in hue and intensity after years and years,
seasons and weather conditions. We will visit several cave churches.

Then we will go to Cavusin where is the old Christian village. The wall paintings in the St. John church are date
back to 5th-8th centuries so that’s the oldest church in Cappadocia. After our lunch in Pigeons valley, we will
visit the underground city Kaymakli, it was carved out from a rock hill called Kaymakli Castle. Kaymakli people
built their own homes around the underground city tunnels, the underground city was originally carved out as
eight floors, however 4 floors are visitable nowadays, the capacity of the city was around 5000 people during
the war time.

Before transfer back to your hotel, we will go Ortahisar to see their special rock castle, the special building
structure of the castle, you can see the beautiful view of the town in the castle.
Cappadocia

Names

Cappadocia (/kæpəˈdoʊʃə/; also Capadocia; Turkish: Kapadokya, Greek: Καππαδοκία Kappadokía, from Old
Persian: Katpatuka) is a historical region in Central Anatolia in Turkey.

Etymology

The earliest record of the name of Cappadocia dates from the late 6th century BC, when it appears in the
trilingual inscriptions of two early Achaemenid kings, Darius I and Xerxes, as one of the countries (Old
Persian dahyu-) of the Persian Empire. In these lists of countries, the Old Persian name is Haspaduya, which
[3]
according to some researchers is derived from Iranian Huw-aspa-dahyu-“the land/country of beautiful horses".
Location/Description

Scriptural references

Old Testament
None
New Testament

Act_2:9, 1Pe_1:1
Brief history

HPM
"Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia,
and Bithynia" - This is a district east of
the Aegean Sea and south of the Black
Sea, and those to whom Peter wrote
comprised both Jews and Gentiles
(1Pe_4:3). It was an area in which Paul
had laboured, but now, imprisoned in Rome, his activities were limited, and Peter combines with him to instruct
them in the principles of their walk.
Cappadocia was known as Hatti in the late Bronze Age, and was the homeland of the Hittite power centred
at Hattusa. After the fall of the Hittite Empire, with the decline of the Syro- Cappadocians (Mushki) after their
defeat by the Lydian king Croesus in the 6th century, Cappadocia was ruled by a sort
of feudal aristocracy, dwelling in strong castles and keeping the peasants in a servile condition, which
later made them apt to foreign slavery. It was included in the third Persian satrapyin the division
established by Darius but continued to be governed by rulers of its own, none apparently supreme over
the whole country and all more or less tributaries of the Great King.[8][9]
Kingdom of Cappadocia[edit]

Main article: Kingdom of Cappadocia