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Underground cities are also favorite places in Cappadocia.

Underground city

   There are about 450 underground cities, but most of them are not opened to the public.  It is said that about 1 million people lived there. 
 

 Kaymakuli underground city is the widest one.  It was excavated asearly as Hittite times, and expanded over the centuries.  The underground city consists of eight-story.

 

 

 

Derinkuyu underground city is the deepest one.  The underground city is approximately 85m deep.  It contains at least 15,000 ducts that provide fresh air to the bottom of the underground city.

The underground cities had churches in them.  The shape of the church’s floor is cross.