Turkey Cappadocia Fairy Chimney

Cappadocia (Kapadokya, Capadocia) is a vast geographic region within the Anatolian plateau of central Turkey, who's name is derived from the Persian word "Katpatuka"
which means "the land of beautiful horses."
Cappadocia is an area in central Turkey known for it’s unique moon-like landscape.Mankind’s first nature painting, found here, portrays the most recent eruption of Hasan Dagi nearly 9000 years ago. Now, It’s snow capped peaks dominate the Konya plain.
Here, there is a conical rock formation, typically found in the Cappadocia region of Turkey. It consists of a cap of hard rock resting on a cone-shaped pinnacle of softer rock. In Cappadocia, houses have been carved from these formations, and they make it a popular tourist destination. Into these chimneys, the local peoples carved subterranean towns, seeking shelter from the conquerors. Assyrians, Hittites, Mongols, Persians, Syrians, Arabs, Romans and Western Europeans have all passed through the region leaving behind some of their traditions as well as their genes and rendering Cappadocians as exotic as their surreal surroundings.
Many of the newer settlements at Cappadocia were established as monastic communities. It was here that St. Basil the great wrote the rules for monastic life that are still followed today by monks and nuns of the Greek Orthodox Church.