Project set to uncover underground city life

NEVŞEHİR - Anadolu Agency

With a new project, the Kaymaklı Underground City in Cappadocia is being revived and will become more attractive for tourists with thematic exhibits and bee wax sculptures. The places of business around the underground city will also be removed to prevent visual pollution

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Within the scope of the project, the Kaymaklı underground city’s surrounding will undergo change. The business places in the entrance will be removed. AA photos

Life in Cappadocia hundreds of years ago is to be brought into the present with a new project foreseeing the establishment of a thematic exhibition and bee’s wax sculptures in the Kaymaklı Underground City. 

The Kaymaklı Underground City, which is 20 kilometers away from Nevşehir and opened to visits 50 years ago, was formed as a result of the improvement of underground shelters established by people, who lived in the region thousands of years ago to protect themselves from enemies. The shelters were restored and developed over centuries and the underground city has been formed.

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