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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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