Snake Church
Snake Church is a church in Ürgüp District, Nevşehir Province. Snake Church is situated nearby to Pantocrator Church, as well as near the church St. Barbara’s Chapel.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Göreme Open Air Museum and Pantocrator Church.
Göreme Open Air Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
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 2½ km southeast of Snake Church.
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. Cavusin is situated 3½ km north of Snake Church.
Snake Church
- Type: Church
- Also known as: “Aziz Onuphrius Kilisesi”, “St. Onuphrius’s Church”, and “Yilanli Church”
- Categories: cave church, tourism, tourist attraction, historic site, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Ürgüp District, Nevşehir Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.63831° or 38° 38′ 18″ northLongitude
34.84526° or 34° 50′ 43″ eastOpen location code
8GCPJRQW+84OpenStreetMap ID
node 316770599OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
historic=churchOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q115455275
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Snake Church” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “蛇教堂”
- German: “Schlangen-Kirche”
- German: “Yılanlı Kilise (Göreme)”
- Spanish: “Yılanlı Kilise (Göreme)”
- Turkish: “Yılanlı Kilise”
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