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Mandy 🐝

September 29, 2024

The famous hermitage of St. Symeon is located in the large, solitary cone with three heads in the middle of the open space. The entrance to the raised monk's cell on the southeast side is badly eroded. The present entrance area was actually a room entered via the sloping tunnel.

From the ground floor a steep tunnel and vertical shaft with footholds rise up to the second floor. The top of the shaft has a wide opening for a rock cover to secure the entrance. The antechamber has an irregular shape and a collapsed southern wall. The entrance area contains a religious prayer in red and three rock crosses, common in monastic residences.

The main monastic cell is located via a tunnel staircase on the "third floor" of the cave complex. The large oval room has two beds for the senior monk and his disciple. The junior monk slept on the western bed, which is 30 cm lower and is placed "at the feet" of the superior. In the church below, graffiti addresses someone named "St. Symeon", the hermit who lived in the cell.

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Location: Nevşehir, Turkey

Hermitage of St. Symeon

1. View of Rose Valley – Bozdağ Summit loop from Göreme

2. Bozdağ Summit – Çavuşin Cave Village loop from Göreme

3. View of Zelve Open-Air Museum – Zelve Fairy Chimneys loop from Çavuşin

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