Zelve Monastery
The Zelve Monastery is a Byzantine-era monastery that was carved into the rock in pre-iconoclastic times. It is part of the Zelve Open Air Museum, located between Ürgüp and Avanos, Turkey.Photo: Noumenon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Historical site
- Description: Byzantine-era settlement in Cappadocia
- Also known as: “Zelve ‘monastery’”, “Zelve complex”, “Zelve settlement”, and “Zelve village”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St John the Baptist church (Çavuşin) and Meryem Ana kilisesi.
St John the Baptist church (Çavuşin)
Church
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St John the Baptist church (Çavuşin) is situated 1¼ km southwest of Zelve Monastery.
Meryem Ana kilisesi
Church
Photo: Rotadefterim, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Meryem Ana kilisesi is a church, which is situated 4 km south of Zelve Monastery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cavusin and Göreme.
Cavusin
Village
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Göreme is a town in the Cappadocia region of Turkey, with a population of 2034 in 2022. It's at the heart of the "fairy chimney" landscape, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list, with soft volcanic tuff eroded into fantastical rock formations and excavated into cave dwellings.
Göreme
Photo: Massimo Telò, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Göreme is a town in the Cappadocia region of Turkey, with a population of 2034 in 2022. It's at the heart of the "fairy chimney" landscape, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list, with soft volcanic tuff eroded into fantastical rock formations and excavated into cave dwellings.
Avanos
Photo: Korkut Tas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Avanos is a town in Cappadocia, in an area riddled by ancient underground dwellings. Its main industry is pottery and in 2022 its population was 15,000.
Zelve Monastery
- Categories: monastery, archaeological site, museum, rock-cut architecture, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Avanos District, Nevşehir Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Zelve Monastery” goes by many names.
- French: “monastère de Zelve”
- French: “Monastère de Zelve”
- German: “Zelve”
- Indonesian: “Zelve Monastery”
- Polish: “Zelve”
- Portuguese: “Zelve”
- Russian: “Скальный монастырь в Зельве”
- Spanish: “Zelve”
- Turkish: “Zelve Ören Yeri”
- Turkish: “Zelve”
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