Reptile Underground City Derinkuyu in Cappadocia, Turkey

Cities underground? These cities troglodyte caves were dug in the days of the Hittites, and expanded over the centuries by various marauding armies who traversed Central Anatolia in search of captives. There are 36 underground cities in Cappadocia and the wave is the Derinkuyu underground ciiudad while the widest is the Kaymakli underground city . Derinkuyu Underground City is located in the village of Derinkuyu name, which is located 40 km from Goreme (30 minute drive). There are about 600 outside doors to the city, hidden in the courtyards of the houses in the area. The underground city is about 85 meters deep. It contains all the usual rooms in an underground city (stables, cellars, warehouses, kitchens, churches, warehouses, etc.) Apart from these, a great room with barrel vault roof, the second floor was a missionary school. From the third floor and the fourth, the descent is through vertical stairs leading to a cruciform church on the ground floor. shaft 55m deep ventilation was also used as well. Not all plants was provided water wells up to the surface in order to protect the inhabitants of poisoning during raids. Derinkuyu contains at least 15,000 ventilation ducts that provide fresh air deep into the underground city.

The Underground City of Derinkuyu visitors opened in 1965, but so far less than half of it can be visited. unlikely that the underground cities were intended for permanent housing, but were built with clarity to resist the attack and could support a large number of people and their pets for long periods of time. The urban organization was very complex, and there was probably always work in progress. Cities are complete with shafts, ventilation shafts, niches for oil lamps, stores, water tanks, stables and areas where the dead could be until the conditions placed on the surface to allow proper disposal. Most importantly, carefully balanced moving stone doors, resembling mill stones were designed to quickly block the corridors in case of an attack. Of course, these gates driving one side! 

Gates of the underground city of Derinkuyu.

Gates of the underground city of Derinkuyu

Turkish Heritage Travel, we organize private tours to Derinkuyu Underground City . The price is 50 Euro per person including transfer from / to your hotel in Cappadocia, tickets and professional English speaking guide. The tour takes about 2 hours. guide in Spanish To open an extra charge.

Source — Goreme Frmisterio