Cappadocia

E61224
historical region tourist destination

Cappadocia is a historical region in central Turkey famed for its otherworldly rock formations, underground cities, and early Christian heritage.

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All labels observed (14)

Label Occurrences
Cappadocia canonical 103
Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia 7
Cappadocia region 5

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
tourist destination ⓘ
climate continental climate ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
geologicalFeature cone-shaped rock formations ⓘ
eroded volcanic tuff ⓘ
hasAirport Kayseri Erkilet Airport ⓘ
Nevşehir Kapadokya Airport ⓘ
hasCity Avanos ⓘ
Göreme ⓘ
Nevşehir ⓘ
Ortahisar ⓘ
Uçhisar ⓘ
Ürgüp ⓘ
hasTraditionalCraft carpet weaving ⓘ
pottery ⓘ
hasUndergroundCity Derinkuyu ⓘ
Kaymaklı ⓘ
Özkonak ⓘ
hasUNESCOSite Cappadocia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia
hasValley Ihlara Valley ⓘ
Pigeon Valley ⓘ
Red Valley ⓘ
Rose Valley ⓘ
hasVolcano Melendiz Mountains ⓘ
Mount Erciyes ⓘ
Mount Hasan ⓘ
historicalPeriod Byzantine Empire ⓘ
surface form: Byzantine period

Hellenistic period ⓘ
Ottoman period ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
knownFor cave dwellings ⓘ
cave hotels ⓘ
early Christian heritage ⓘ
fairy chimneys ⓘ
hot air balloon rides ⓘ
rock-cut churches ⓘ
tuff rock formations ⓘ
underground cities ⓘ
locatedIn Anatolia ⓘ
surface form: Anatolian plateau

Asia ⓘ
Central Anatolia Region ⓘ
surface form: Central Anatolia
partOf Anatolia ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
religiousSignificance early Christian monastic center ⓘ
refuge for persecuted Christians ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1985 ⓘ
UNESCOStatus World Heritage Site ⓘ
wasKingdom Kingdom of Cappadocia ⓘ
wasProvinceOf Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (127)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Asia Minor → containedRegion → Cappadocia ⓘ
Gregory of Nazianzus → regionOfActivity → Cappadocia ⓘ
Gregory of Nyssa → birthPlace → Cappadocia ⓘ
Basil of Caesarea → birthPlace → Cappadocia ⓘ
Basil of Caesarea → deathPlace → Cappadocia ⓘ
Basil of Caesarea → regionOfActivity → Cappadocia ⓘ
Kültepe → region → Cappadocia ⓘ
Cappadocian Greek → historicalRegion → Cappadocia ⓘ
Digenis Akritas → associatedRegion → Cappadocia ⓘ
Cappadocia → hasUNESCOSite → Cappadocia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia
Phrygia → borderedBy → Cappadocia ⓘ
Faustina the Younger → deathPlace → Cappadocia ⓘ
Central Anatolia Region → containsRegion → Cappadocia ⓘ
Iconium → historicalRegion → Cappadocia ⓘ
Pontus → borders → Cappadocia ⓘ
Galatia → borderedBy → Cappadocia ⓘ
Anatolia → containsAncientCity → Cappadocia ⓘ
Kingdom of Pontus → territoryIncluded → Cappadocia ⓘ
Mithridates VI Eupator → territoryExpandedTo → Cappadocia ⓘ
Gorgonia → placeOfOrigin → Cappadocia ⓘ
Gorgonia → placeOfDeath → Cappadocia ⓘ
Gorgonia → livedIn → Cappadocia ⓘ
Bishop of Sasima → locatedIn → Cappadocia ⓘ
Bishop of Sasima → partOf → Cappadocia ⓘ
Caesarea in Cappadocia → locatedIn → Cappadocia ⓘ
Assassin's Creed: Revelations → settingLocation → Cappadocia ⓘ
Kingdom of Cappadocia → locatedIn → Cappadocia ⓘ
Arianzum → locatedIn → Cappadocia ⓘ
Arianzum → region → Cappadocia ⓘ
Against Eunomius → placeOfOrigin → Cappadocia ⓘ
Homilies on the Song of Songs → placeOfOrigin → Cappadocia ⓘ
Macrina the Younger → region → Cappadocia ⓘ
Saint Nino → traditionallyFrom → Cappadocia ⓘ
Peter of Sebaste → placeOfBirth → Cappadocia ⓘ
Peter of Sebaste → placeOfDeath → Cappadocia ⓘ
Peter of Sebaste → associatedWith → Cappadocia ⓘ
Nonna of Nazianzus → associatedWith → Cappadocia ⓘ
Naucratius → placeOfOrigin → Cappadocia ⓘ
Caesarius of Nazianzus → regionOfOrigin → Cappadocia ⓘ
Asian Turkey → containsSite → Cappadocia ⓘ
Metropolitan of Cappadocia → appliesToTerritory → Cappadocia ⓘ
Metropolitan of Cappadocia → locatedIn → Cappadocia ⓘ
Clement of Alexandria → deathPlace → Cappadocia ⓘ
Amasya → historicalRegion → Cappadocia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cappadocia (ancient)
Lycaonia → borders → Cappadocia ⓘ
Basil the Elder → placeOfOrigin → Cappadocia ⓘ
Basil the Elder → regionOfActivity → Cappadocia ⓘ
Kayseri → locatedInHistoricalRegion → Cappadocia ⓘ
John the Cappadocian → placeOfOrigin → Cappadocia ⓘ
Basiliscus → diedIn → Cappadocia ⓘ