Gyumyushler: the thrown cave monastery of the Byzantine era in Cappadocia

A monastery Gyumyushler is a cave monastery of the Byzantine era in the city of Gyumyushler, Province of Nigde, in the territory modern Turkey. The monastery is cut from the big rock and is one of the most remained and large in the region of Cappadocia. In Cappadocia there are a lot of the monasteries which have been cut down in the rock, and some scientists divide them into two types: with the closed halls and with the open yards. The monastery Gyumyushler belongs to the second group. The most important part of a monastic complex is the church located to the North from it. The church consists of four separate closed naves...