Nevşehir Castle
Nevşehir Castle is a historic castle in the city of Nevşehir, overlooking the underground city of Kayaşehir. It was a fortress for defensive, military purposes.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ebubekir Boyar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nevşehir Museum.
Nevşehir Museum
Museum
Photo: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nevşehir Museum is in Nevşehir, Turkey Nevşehir is the provincial center in the region which is the Capadocia of the antiquity and known for its fairy chimneys. Nevşehir Museum is situated 1¼ km northeast of Nevşehir Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nevşehir and Nar.
Nevşehir
Photo: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nevşehir is a city in Cappadocia, with a population of 118,000 in 2020. It traditionally made carpets and wine, but the main business today is tourism.
Nar
Village
Nar is a town in the Nevşehir District, Nevşehir Province, Turkey. Its population is 5,017.
Göre
Village
Göre is a town in the Nevşehir District, Nevşehir Province, Turkey. Its population is 2,516. Göre is situated 3½ km south of Nevşehir Castle.
Nevşehir Castle
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: historic castle
- Categories: castle, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Nevşehir Bucağı, Nevsehir, Nevşehir Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
38.61989° or 38° 37′ 12″ northLongitude
34.71305° or 34° 42′ 47″ eastOpen location code
8GCPJP97+X6OpenStreetMap ID
way 492643645OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q115801729
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In Other Languages
From German to Turkish—“Nevşehir Castle” goes by many names.
- German: “Burg Nevsehir”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Nevsehir”
- Turkish: “Nevşehir Kalesi”
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Highlights include Underground City Kayaşehir and Natural History Museum.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Nevşehir Castle”. Photo: Ebubekir Boyar, CC BY-SA 4.0.