Swords Church
Swords Church is a church in Ürgüp District, Nevşehir Province. Swords Church is situated nearby to the church Meryem Ana kilisesi, as well as near The Dalton Brothers Ranch.- Type: Church
- Description: church in Göreme District
- Also known as: “Hemsbeyklisse”, “Kılıçlar Church”, and “Kılıçlar Kilise”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Meryem Ana kilisesi and Göreme Open Air Museum.
Meryem Ana kilisesi
Church
Photo: Rotadefterim, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Meryem Ana kilisesi is a church, which is situated 180 metres south of Swords 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. Göreme Open Air Museum is situated 610 metres south of Swords Church.
Church of the Buckle
Church
Photo: Falk2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of the Buckle is situated 380 metres south of Swords Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Göreme and Cavusin.
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.
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 3 km north of Swords Church.
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 Swords Church.
Swords Church
- Categories: tourism, ruins, tourist attraction, historic site, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Ürgüp District, Nevşehir Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Latitude
38.6445° or 38° 38′ 40″ northLongitude
34.84419° or 34° 50′ 39″ eastOpen location code
8GCPJRVV+RMOpenStreetMap ID
node 4862240009OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q131526407
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In Other Languages
“Swords Church” goes by many names.
- Turkish: “Kılıçlar Kilisesi”
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