St. Basil Church
Located at the entrance of the Goreme Open Air Museum, St. Basil Church is dedicated to St. Basil of Cappadocia and bears traces of the early Christian period.
A Cappadocian Saint
The church is dedicated to St. Basil of Cappadocia (329-379), one of the most important theologians of Christianity. Basil was a figure who established the rules of monastic life and strengthened church organization in Cappadocia.
The church has frescoes from different periods. Early period ochre patterns coexist with figurative scenes from later periods. Burial niches indicate that the church was also used as a funerary chapel.
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