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Museums and art

The rock-cut, fresco-covered churches of the Göreme Open-Air Museum, the separately ticketed Karanlık Kilise, and the carved façades of Zelve and Selime.

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Göreme Open-Air Museum: cave churches and frescoes
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Göreme Open-Air Museum: cave churches and frescoes

What the Göreme Open-Air Museum shows: which cave churches to see, how the frescoes survive, and when to visit before the crowds arrive.

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