Kekligin Kale
Kekligin Kale is a castle in Nevsehir, Turkey. Kekligin Kale is situated nearby to the mosque Ömer Ağa Camii, as well as near the scenic viewpoint Uçhısar Castle.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Uchisar Castle and Göreme Open Air Museum.
Uchisar Castle
Photo: SerifeOzoglu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Uchisar Castle is situated 170 metres southwest of Kekligin Kale.
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 a region of about 20,000 square kilometres. Göreme Open Air Museum is situated 3½ km east of Kekligin Kale.
Snake Church
Church
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Snake Church is situated 3½ km east of Kekligin Kale.
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.
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 5 km northeast of Kekligin Kale.
Kekligin Kale
- Type: Castle
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Nevsehir, Nevşehir Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
38.63163° or 38° 37′ 54″ northLongitude
34.8066° or 34° 48′ 24″ eastOpen location code
8GCPJRJ4+MJOpenStreetMap ID
node 4905568763OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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