St John the Baptist church (Çavuşin)
St John the Baptist church (Çavuşin) is a church in Avanos District, Nevşehir Province. St John the Baptist church (Çavuşin) is situated nearby to Great Caves, as well as near Çavuşin Castle.Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Orthodox
- Also known as: “St. John the Baptist”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Göreme Open Air Museum and Church of the Buckle.
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 3 km south of St John the Baptist church (Çavuşin).
Church of the Buckle
Church
Photo: Falk2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of the Buckle is situated 3 km south of St John the Baptist church (Çavuşin).
Meryem Ana kilisesi
Church
Photo: Rotadefterim, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Meryem Ana kilisesi is a church, which is situated 2½ km south of St John the Baptist church (Çavuşin).
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cavusin and Göreme.
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.
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.
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.
St John the Baptist church (Çavuşin)
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Avanos District, Nevşehir Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Latitude
38.66754° or 38° 40′ 3″ northLongitude
34.84317° or 34° 50′ 35″ eastOpen location code
8GCPMR9V+27OpenStreetMap ID
node 7043126867OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=orthodoxWikidata ID
Q56245348
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In Other Languages
From German to Turkish—“St John the Baptist church (Çavuşin)” goes by many names.
- German: “Kirche Johannes des Täufers (Çavuşin)”
- Spanish: “iglesia San Juan Bautista”
- Spanish: “Iglesia San Juan Bautista”
- Turkish: “Aziz Yuhanna Vaftizci Kilisesi (Çavuşin)”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Great Caves and Çavuşin Castle.
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