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» UNESCO
declares Goreme Open Air Museum as a World
Heritage Site.
» The world
largest number of cave churches are in
Cappadocia, many with in-situ frescos.
» The earliest
domesticated wheat, Einkorn, can still be
found growing wild in Cappadocia.
» Three of the
greatest fathers of the Christian Church,
Saint Basil, Saint Gregory of Nazianzus, and
Saint Gregory of Nyssa, were all
Cappadocians.
» The most
famous Dragon Slayer, Saint George was born
in Cappadocia and the crusades spreaded his
fame to Europe.
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The Cappadocia region has about 30
known ancient underground cities that could
safely hide 100,000 people in troubled times
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