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September 11, 2008
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Rim of the Ihlara Valley, Turkey. A narrow, 16km long gorge, it is filled with ancient churches.

Wikipedia has some more info.

B&W film, 1999.

Edit: Recropped, readjusted, renamed.
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~daYavuz Jul 19, 2009  Hobbyist General Artist
Thanks! :)
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~daYavuz Jul 5, 2009  Hobbyist General Artist
Danke Sehr! :)
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:iconlinebendergirl:
are the churches visible?
what happened to them?
cool shot... i'll check the link out ;)
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~daYavuz Jul 2, 2009  Hobbyist General Artist
They are ruins now, I think. Some should be visible from the rim, and you can go down the gorge to visit them (I am not the hiking type ;P). I don't know the details, but they probably fell into disuse because of population shifts, wars etc.
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~daYavuz Mar 2, 2009  Hobbyist General Artist
Thanks! :)
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:icontmre:
I love Turkey. Serious.
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~daYavuz Mar 2, 2009  Hobbyist General Artist
:)
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