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In fact, Derinkuyu is connected to some of these subterranean settlements by tunnels that run for miles.
Cappadocia is a region in central Anatolia, Turkey.
How was Derinkuyu formed?
Cappadocia is a region in central Anatolia, Turkey.
Ancient volcanic eruptions allowed Derinkuyu to exist.
Long after the eruptions, Cappadocia inhabitants realized that they could carve their dwellings into the rock and underground.
When was the underground city created?
After the population became Christian in Roman times, they began to include chapels in their underground dwellings.
It’s thought that the Christian population used the underground city to escape persecution by the Romans.
But it is during the Byzantine period that the underground city flourished.
An alternate theory places the creation of the underground city much earlier, with the ancient AnatolianHittites.
This placed construction at about 15th century BCE, with the area being used to flee invading enemies.
