Uçhisar
Uçhisar is a troglodyte village situated 4 km east of Göreme.
It is famous for the huge rock formation once used as a fortification. This extraordinary
rock is the highest peak in the region and offers a magnificent panoramic view of the
whole of Cappadocia with Mt. Erciyes in the distance.
The Citadel, carved out and tunnelled by the cave-dwellers of the
past, and concealed from view and used for defence purposes, has now been destroyed by
erosion, revealing the inner honeycombed architecture. A secret tunnel from the castle to
the river bed 100 m below, hewn out in order to provide the water supply in the event of
siege, has been recently discovered.
In the Pigeon Valley in the south of Uçhisar there
are the best example of the pigeon-houses
in Cappadocia.
- See also:
 Photos
of Uchisar
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