Uchisar Cappadocia

Uchisar Cappadocia

Uchisar is situated at the highest point in the region of Cappadocia, on Nevsehir-Goreme road, just 7km from Nevsehir. It is not known when Uchisar was first inhabited; however, in style, it resembles Ortahisar and the Selime Kalesi (castle) in Ihlara region.
The top of the citadel provides a magnificent panorama of the surrounding area. Many rooms hollowed out into rock are connected to each other with stairs, tunnel and passages. At the entrances of the rooms, there are millstone doors, just like the ones in the underground settlements, which were used to control access to these places. Due to the erosion in some areas of this multi-leveled castle, it is not possible, unfortunately, to visit all of the rooms.
The fairy chimneys to the west, east and north of Uchisar were hollowed out and used as graves during the Roman period. Inside these rock-cut tombs, the entrances of which generally face west, are lines or stone slabs on. which the bodies were laid. Many rock-cut churches have been discovered not only on the skirts of the castle but also inside it. The reason for this may be the fact that Goreme, having numerous churches and monasteries, is very close to Uchisar.