Istanbul embraces two continents with one arm reaching out to Asia and the other to Europe. Through the city's heart, the Bosphorus, course the waters of the Black Sea, the Sea of Marmara and the Golden Horn. The former capital of three successive empires, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman, Istanbul taday honors and preserves the legacy of its past while loaking forward to a modern future. It is Istanbul's endless variety that fascinates its ...

My Note: The Dark Chuch is the best protected church in Cappadocia. The figures in chuch were not destroyed. It is in Göreme Open Air Museum. You should see there :) I hope you'll love this topic. Please share your ideas with us. Karanlik (Dark) Church The entrance to this church is from the north through a winding tunnel which opens into a barrel-vaulted narthex. In the south of the narthex there are three gra...

This church is situated in the El Nazar valley, about 800m to the right from the road to the Göreme open air museum. This church has been carved from one piece of rock in a "T" shape. It is cruciform with three apses, the main apse opening up in the centre where the barrel vaulted arms of he cruciform meet. The floor has been completely destroyed, as has part of the apse. The frescoes show scenes which follow each other in chronological order. ...

As with the church of Durmuş Kadir, this church has been named after the owner of the vineyard on which it stands. It is cruciform in design, with two apses and originally boasted four columns although these have now crumbled. This church dates back to the 11th century....

This casilica style church differs from the others in that it has a pulpit in the centre, its columns are thick and rectangular in shape, it has a baptistery and graves hollowed out of the walls in the first section. This church dates back to the 6th and 7th centuries, and the frescoes found within it are among the finest to be seen....