Cappadocia

Cappadocia is the most amazing region.  The countryside is the result of three volcanoes that erupted approximately 11million years ago.  The rocks are basalt and tufa.  Tufa is soft enough to be carved and homes were created in the mountains all round  this region.  The first Christians escaped from the persecution of the Roman Empire in the 2nd century B.C. came to the Cappadocia. The first Christians finding the underground cities from Cappadocia have been hidden in these underground cities which gates were made in such way in which they couldn't be easily observed and they have escaped from the persecution of the Roman soldiers. Due to the fact that they had to live in the underground cities for long periods of time without being able to go out they developed self sufficiency by making provisions rooms, ventilation chimneys, wine production places, churches, abbeys, water wells, toilets and meeting rooms.