Settlement and the construction of churches in the rocks of ancient Peristrema, starting from the I

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Ahlara Valley king of prussia mall address is one of the major focus of Christian rock cult objects in sveta.Namira is in Cappadocia and is famed canyon, 15 km long, carved into sheer rock whose height reaches 150 meters ... Canyon starts from the village king of prussia mall address and Ahlara ends in Selimiye village ...
Settlement and the construction of churches in the rocks of ancient Peristrema, starting from the IV century, until the XIV century cloister reach 105 in number, revealed so far ... Along the canyon open to the public are 13 churches scattered throughout the valley from s.Ahlara up with. Belisirma, an echo of the Greek name of the area Peristrema during the Byzantine Empire .... Which makes about 5 km pleasant walk along well-maintained and marked trail in the valley along r.Melendiz.
Since we did not have much time, we were able to get only 5 of all 13 Temple and now I will deal with them as to sharpen king of prussia mall address the appetite for adventure ... And the next trip, we will see others
A steep ladder, starting from parking signs and cafes and shop, down to the river that for centuries has carved into the rock canyon used by medieval hermits, engraved in the rocks him their shelters, temples, crypts and business premises away worldly vanity and complimented for their desire for austerity, contemplation, prayer and communion king of prussia mall address with God ...
Dated at the beginning of the X century, the frescoes in the church are apparently on the verge of time from the end of iconoclasm and the onslaught of capital Constantinople style in sacral zhivopis.Vednaga stipulate that seems to me appropriate that so remote from the artistic centers of the era monuments like those in Ahlara, archaic traditions of freskodekoratsiyata, endure for centuries in the monastic icon painters environments, and therefore ranges in the dating king of prussia mall address of the murals are much more time and stretch their precise dating in a given period is much more complicated than the usual practices we are used
Iconoclasts impose ornaments in the temple decoration, such as diamonds and other geometric shapes, such as seeing and tuk.Figurite and scenes depicted in the church with its archaic primitivism bear clear traces of the east, etc. "Syrian" and often Armenian influence king of prussia mall address on the territory of Cappadocia is particularly pronounced. Here in this temple, and in most of the other through the canyon, as we shall see missing any impact on already established Constantinople metropolitan style, and can use it for the most outstanding example in the valley, the influence They have old Syrian traditions in the decoration of the rock churches in Ahlara.
Entrance to the church is now buried and now approach is from the apse of hrama.Parvoto something king of prussia mall address that intrigued visitor entry is already heavily damaged fresco of the Old Testament prophet Sv.Daniil depicted with lion.
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Sv.Daniil image is directly related to that of the three eastern sages and Nativity Hristovo.Kakto gets her