Pigeon Valley
Pigeon Valley is a locality in Nevsehir, Turkey. Pigeon Valley is situated nearby to the locality Keyişdere Vadisi, as well as near İçeri dere.Places of Interest
Highlights include Göreme Open Air Museum and Uchisar Castle.
Göreme Open Air Museum
Museum
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Göreme is a district of the Nevşehir Province in Turkey. After the eruption of Mount Erciyes about 2.6 million years ago, ash and lava formed soft rocks in the Cappadocia region, covering an area of about 20,000 square kilometres. Göreme Open Air Museum is situated 2½ km east of Pigeon Valley.
Snake Church
Church
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Snake Church is situated 2½ km east of Pigeon Valley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Uçhisar and Göreme.
Uçhisar
Photo: Moroder, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Uçhisar is a small town in Cappadocia where pinnacles of soft tuff have been hollowed out into bastions and dwellings. Uç hisar means "outermost fort", the fortified main pinnacle.
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.
Ortahisar
Village
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ortahisar, is located in the heart of the Cappadocia region and is closely associated with several major valleys, rock-cut settlements, and historical sites that form the core landscape of Cappadocia. Ortahisar is situated 4½ km east of Pigeon Valley.
Pigeon Valley
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Güvercinlik Vadisi” and “Pigeonhouses Valley”
- Location: Nevsehir, Nevşehir Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Latitude
38.63251° or 38° 37′ 57″ northLongitude
34.81735° or 34° 49′ 3″ eastOpen location code
8GCPJRM8+2WOpenStreetMap ID
node 2401647214OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
“Pigeon Valley” goes by many names.
- German: “Taubenhäusertal”
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