El Nazar Church
El Nazar Church is a church in Ürgüp District, Nevşehir Province. El Nazar Church is situated nearby to Hidden Church, as well as near Apple Church.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Göreme Open Air Museum and Snake Church.
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 570 metres east of El Nazar Church.
Snake Church
Church
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Snake Church is situated 540 metres east of El Nazar Church.
Apple Church
Church
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Apple Church is situated 520 metres east of El Nazar Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Göreme and Ortahisar.
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 3 km southeast of El Nazar Church.
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.
El Nazar Church
- Type: Church
- Description: Ancient Site in Nevşehir
- Categories: ancient city, museum, archaeological site, tourism, ruins, tourist attraction, historic site, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Ürgüp District, Nevşehir Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.63867° or 38° 38′ 19″ northLongitude
34.83903° or 34° 50′ 21″ eastOpen location code
8GCPJRQQ+FJOpenStreetMap ID
node 249554168OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q109519139
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“El Nazar Church” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “魔眼教堂”
- German: “El Nazar Kirche”
- Turkish: “El Nazar Kilisesi”
- “El Nazar Church”
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