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Mustafapasa,
6km to the south of Urgup, was inhabited by Greek
Orthodox families until the beginning of the 20th
century. The houses dating back to the end of the
19th and beginning of the 20th centuries display fine
examples of stonework.
Gomede valley, to the
west of Mustafapasa, resembles a small version of the Ihlara Canyon. As at
Ihlara, the walls of the valley house churches and shelters carved from the rock,
and a river runs through the valley.
The
important churches and monasteries around Mustafapasa
are, the Church of Aios Vasilos, the Church of
Constantine-Elene, Churches in the Monastery Valley and,
the Church of St. Basil and Alakara in Gomede
valley.
There is also a Medrese built during the Ottoman period
and displaying fine examples of stone masonry and
woodcraft.
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