The Christians who lived in these ‘fairy’ chimneys made them their homes and Churches in Goreme Valley, Turkey in order to escape persecution … they had to be very tenacious to survive. Thought to be first inhabited in about 1800 to 1200 BC so they probably did not carve them out. But the murals that they did paint were magnificent, sadly all the eyes have been gouged.
Daily Prompt: Tenacious
aroused 
Incredible. Hard to imagine isn’t it?
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I agree with you. We should never persecute any religion! “There is only one religion…/ the religion of love.”∼ Sathya Sai Baba
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[…] my passion for old architecture, more rural scenes are scattered throughout my blog. Please note Goreme Valley, Turkey in “Tenacity” and a delightful view of Wales from Mt Cader Ideris in […]
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this is the one place in the world I have wanted to visit but never could. It pulls at me for some reason. Who knows, maybe a former life was lived there.
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