Turkey
Nevşehir Province
Ürgüp District

Göreme Open Air Museum

is a district of the in . After the eruption of about 2.6 million years ago, ash and lava formed soft rocks in the region, covering an area of about 20,000 square kilometres.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: archaeological sites in Turkey
  • Also known as: “Churches of Göreme”, “Churches of Göreme, Turkey”, and “Göreme Açık Hava Müzesi”
  • Address: Müze Caddesi, Göreme, 50180

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Saint Catherina Chapel and St. Barbara’s Chapel.

Church
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is a church.

Church
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is a church.

Church
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Göreme and Ortahisar.

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is a town in the 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.

Village
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, 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. is situated 2½ km southeast of Göreme Open Air Museum.

Village
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Göreme is a town in the 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. is situated 3½ km north of Göreme Open Air Museum.

Göreme Open Air Museum

Latitude
38.63908° or 38° 38′ 21″ north
Longitude
34.84559° or 34° 50′ 44″ east
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
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Wiki­data ID
Q15210336
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Göreme Open Air Museum” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Museu a l’aire lliure de Göreme”
  • Chinese: “哥樂美教堂群”
  • Chinese: “格雷梅露天博物馆”
  • Chinese: “歌樂美巖石敎堂羣”
  • Chinese: “歌樂美巖石教堂群”
  • Chinese: “歌樂美教堂群”
  • Dutch: “Churches of Göreme, Turkey”
  • French: “Musée de plein air de Göreme”
  • German: “Freilichtmuseum Göreme”
  • Greek: “Υπαίθριο Μουσείο Κόραμα”
  • Japanese: “ギョレメの岩窟教会群”
  • Portuguese: “Igrejas de Göreme”
  • Russian: “Музей под открытым небом Гёреме”
  • Slovenian: “Cerkve Göreme”
  • Spanish: “Iglesias de Göreme”
  • Spanish: “Museo al aire libre de Göreme”
  • Turkish: “Göreme’deki kiliseler listesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Церкви Гьореме”

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