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Architect Vernacular
Location Cappadoccia, Turkey
Building Type houses, churches, monasteries
 Construction System carved from a soft stone called tufa
Climate hot
Context rural
Style Turkish Vernacular
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Discussion Cappadoccia Cave Dwellings Commentary

Resources
Sources on Cappadoccia Cave Dwellings

Lyn Rodley. Cave Monasteries of Byzantine Cappadocia. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985. exterior photo of facade, plate 140, p145.

Kostof, Caves of God


 

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