Unique temples of the 9th-10th centuries are located in the Ihlara valley, lying about a hundred kilometers from Nevsehir . It is a deep and long canyon of volcanic origin (almost 14 km) . Below is the Melendiz River and a wide path along it, following the which can go through the whole valley . In the steep walls of the canyon, the hermit Christians built a number of temples, connecting them with a branched network of transitions . Currently, there are more than a hundred cave temples and monasteries, many of which, unfortunately, or .
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Overcoming the hard way to the temples will be rewarded . First of all by being able to see firsthand where the holy ascetics of the past prayed and lived . Not far from the place of descent is the temple of Saint Daniel . The name was given on a fresco depicting the Old Testament prophet in the moat with lions . A little further along the river bank at an altitude of thirty meters in the rock there is a "Temple with terraces", which dates I 4th century . At fifty meters from it there is an "Aromatic Temple", on the walls of which you can see frescoes depicting the Annunciation, the Nativity of Christ and the Secret Supper .
On the opposite bank of the river stands "Serpentine temple ", which should not be confused with the homonymous temple in Goreme. On its western wall there is a fresco depicting sinners in hell, who are hit by a giant-sized "worms not sleeping", very reminiscent of snakes. On the same shore, there is the Diklikilis, a cruciform-domed temple, whose walls are decorated with frescoes, presumably 11th-11th centuries
It is worth to visit Kirm-Damalti-kilis (the church of St. George), with paintings more than 700 years ago. Faces of saints in the temples of Ihlara are more secure than in Göreme.