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Saint Onuphrius in Snake Church/Göreme Open Air Museum When you visit Snake Church in Göreme Open Air Museum, one depiction on the wall will probably attract your attention: A bearded man with breasts! But who is this? Why does he/she have a beard as well as breasts? Snake Church / Göreme open air museum The History of Saint Onuphrius Saint Onuphrius was born in Cappadocia; she was a beautiful woman. However, after the death of her husband, and to defend herself from men,
Asikli Hoyuk is located in the West of Cappadocia, in Gulagac district, Kizilkaya (Red Rock) village, 25 km Southeast of Aksaray and 4.5 km to Selime, where Ihlara Valley starts. It is located in a basin surrounded by Hasandag and Melendiz Mountains in a volcanic field at an altitude of 1120 meters. Red Rock ignimbrites, which give the village where Asikli is located its name, are the oldest formations of the region. Life has continued incessantly for more than 1000 years in
