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Derinkuyu (Turkish pronunciation: [derˈinkuju]) [a] [b] also known as Elengubu, is an ancient multi-level underground city near the modern town of Derinkuyu in Nevşehir Province, Turkey, extending to a depth of approximately 85 metres (280 ft). It is large enough to have sheltered as many as 20,000 people together with their livestock and ...
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The city contained food stores, kitchens, stalls, churches, wine and oil presses, ventilation shafts, wells, and a religious school. The Derinkuyu underground city has at least eight levels constructed to a depth of 85 metres (279 ft) and could have sheltered thousands of people. [5] [6]
Derinkuyu, “the deep well” as it translates in English, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1985. It once provided safe haven for up to 20,000 people.
Estimates of the number of people in these cities diverge starkly and range between 3,000 and 30,000. The largest is probably the largely unexplored city of Özkonak, located about ten kilometres northwest of Avanos, with perhaps nineteen levels and 60,000 inhabitants, [9] but the best known and most frequented by tourists are Derinkuyu and ...
Halil Ibrahim Sincar/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesArcheologists in Turkey have discovered an almost 2000-year-old underground city in the southeastern province of Mardin. The subterranean ...
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Underground cities in Cappadocia — a historical region of Anatolia, in Asian Turkey. Pages in category "Underground cities in Cappadocia" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.