Avanos Guide - Travel Information

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Avanos, known in the Roman period as Venass, the history of this city reaches back to the Early Age. In Topaklihoyük, situated near Avanos, 24 layers of settlements from the Early Bronze Age up to the Byzantine Period have been discovered. There is no Islamic layer. In the last year, many decorative materials and religious symbols were found on graves of the 7th century. Items found here , from the Hittite settlement up to today, show that this place was used as a centre for pottery. This ancient tradition is being continued today as well. The statue of the potter in Avanos shows the importance that is given to this art in this region. The ruined area of Zelve, on the Avanos Goreme road, is a village where Christians and Moslems lived together from the beginning of Christianity until 1924. Aside from the monastery, cave dwellings and small churches, the village's mosque and minaret , which are carved into tufa rocks, is the best example of this harmonious co-existence. When the new Zelve village was started, the old village was abondoned. A few kilometres away from the Zelve, in the Pasabag ruins, the tufa pyramid-formations in groups of two and three are a very interesting freak of nature. Aside from the cave dwellings, small churches and chapels found in the Cavusin village near Zelve, the John the Baptist Church with its three apses, built in the 11th century and famous for its frescoes, is a work of art that must be seen. The Turkish - Islamic structures in Avanos are as follows: dating to the 13th century the Alaaddin Mosque is from the Seljuk period, the Ulu Mosque is an Ottoman structure. The Ulu Mosque is also called Yeralti Camisi ( Underground Mosque), because the floor of its main section is below ground level. 5 km along the Avanos - Urgup road, the Sari ( yellow) Caravanserai has been constructed in the classical shape of Seljuk Sultan inns of the period. Its rectangular shape is made up by a front section with a courtyard and a covered rear section.

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